. The old colony, or, Pilgrim land : past and present . ovely island. Parties from New York, or the South and West, may reach MarthasVineyard via New Bedford, and the sail between the two points, offrom thirty to forty miles, is one of the finest afforded on the harbor of New Bedford within and without is exceedingly fine inpoint of scenery ; and the trip along the southern coasts, and especiallyfor the last few miles before touching at Woods Holl, is extremelyinteresting. Visitors from Boston and the North usually embark forthe Vineyard at Woods Holl, although they may make the trip
. The old colony, or, Pilgrim land : past and present . ovely island. Parties from New York, or the South and West, may reach MarthasVineyard via New Bedford, and the sail between the two points, offrom thirty to forty miles, is one of the finest afforded on the harbor of New Bedford within and without is exceedingly fine inpoint of scenery ; and the trip along the southern coasts, and especiallyfor the last few miles before touching at Woods Holl, is extremelyinteresting. Visitors from Boston and the North usually embark forthe Vineyard at Woods Holl, although they may make the trip via NewBedford if they so choose, the Old Colony Railroad furnishing equallydesirable transportation to either point, and the connecting boatstouching at both places. The Nantucket boats also make landings at theVineyard at every trip, and the whole region is bound together andplaced in constant communication by the Old Colony system, as com-pletely as though the whole were one great family estate, managed andcared for by most beneficent 63 NANTUCKET. | HE great beauty and attractiveness of the islands whichlie off the shores of south-eastern Massachusettslong since make them famous among Americansummer resorts. Nantucket and Marthas Vine-yard, Naushon and Pennikeese, and the multitudeof lesser isles which clot the Avaters about BuzzardsBay, or picket the south coasts — all these presentS£ in summer inducements for the attention of thetourist or recreation seeker which have no superior, and many whichcannot be duplicated elsewhere. Nantucket! The name has beenknown for generations, it may now be said for centuries, in everypart of the United States, and has always been synonymous with andsuggestive of glorious summer pastimes. Only thirty miles from the main-land, and dropped clown like a beau-tiful haven of rest into the midst of the broad Atlantic, it has provedto be in very truth such a haven during every year of its knoAvn exist-ence. Here one may turn his
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