. King's handbook of Boston harbor. his ancient town:As the head of each family generally hasa house and garden, the industrial class istolerably well off, and with money in the sav-ings bank. At Weymouth, too, clams maybe had for the labor of digging them, and fishfor the sport of catchingthem. Nantasket is in fullview, and the fishing-groundwithin a short sail. WhenMorton, of Merry Mount,set up his Maypole, to thescandal of his neighbors inPlymouth, he little dreamedwhat a paradise his wilder-ness would become in twocenturies. Intersected bytidal rivers of great depth,and by the Old-Colony R
. King's handbook of Boston harbor. his ancient town:As the head of each family generally hasa house and garden, the industrial class istolerably well off, and with money in the sav-ings bank. At Weymouth, too, clams maybe had for the labor of digging them, and fishfor the sport of catchingthem. Nantasket is in fullview, and the fishing-groundwithin a short sail. WhenMorton, of Merry Mount,set up his Maypole, to thescandal of his neighbors inPlymouth, he little dreamedwhat a paradise his wilder-ness would become in twocenturies. Intersected bytidal rivers of great depth,and by the Old-Colony Railway, its surface diversified by lofty hills, com-manding enchanting views of sea and land, a high cultivated soil, innumerableorchards, great elms, — the growth of a century, — roads as smooth as anasphalt pavement, and all fanned in summer by the invigorating east winds,the people of Weymouth have no reason to envy the inhabitants of anyother town or State. The hamlet of Old Spain, three miles from Quincy, and near the foot. Statue of Governor Andrew, Old Governor-Andrew House. KINGS HANDBOOK OF BOSTON HARBOR. 83 of King Oak Hill, was the site of the second settlement in Massachusetts,Plymouth being the first. Here, in May, 1622, landed a party of ten men,•rude fellows, made choice of at all adventures, and sent out by ThomasWeston, an enterprising commercial adventurer of London, who designedto found here a great trading-post. They came down from the Maine coastin an open boat, and explored Boston Harbor carefully, pitching upon theWeymouth region as the best, and purchasing the land of a local Indiansagamore. They then went to Plymouth, and a few weeks later returnedwith sixty more rude fellows, sent out by Weston. During die ensuingwinter, this half-starved and improvident canaille begged and stole from theIndians, until the latter, hating and despising their white neighbors, formeda conspiracy to exterminate them. Miles Standish barely saved the colonyby marching
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