. In olde Massachusetts; sketches of old times and places during the early days of the commonwealth . liesbehind the sea, and a range of steep high bluffs thatform quite a feature of the coast. Its chief character-istics are pretty white country houses embowered intrees. There are a few manufactories, but they are inthe outskirts, and give little hint of their commerce it has very little, Boston having long agoabsorbed what might have fallen to its share, and itseems to have accepted quite contentedly its positionas conservator of things rare and ancient. All visitorsto Plymouth ar
. In olde Massachusetts; sketches of old times and places during the early days of the commonwealth . liesbehind the sea, and a range of steep high bluffs thatform quite a feature of the coast. Its chief character-istics are pretty white country houses embowered intrees. There are a few manufactories, but they are inthe outskirts, and give little hint of their commerce it has very little, Boston having long agoabsorbed what might have fallen to its share, and itseems to have accepted quite contentedly its positionas conservator of things rare and ancient. All visitorsto Plymouth are perforce pilgrims, and it is fortunatethat its varied objects of interest — Forefathers Rock,Pilgrim Hall, Burial Hill, and the National Monument— are within such easy distance of one another. As one goes down Court Street from the railwaystation under fine old elms, one sees on the left anornate building with a Doric portico and much theappearance of a Grecian temple standing somewhatback from the village street. It is Pilgrim Hall, erectedby the Pilgrim Society in 1824, and devoted to the. A Visit to Plymouth 37 preservation of relics of the forefathers. It also par-takes of the character of a general museum. In itsgreat hall one finds many mementoes of a historic are paintings and portraits on the walls, and incases arranged about the room are many relics of thefathers and of the tribes of the Old Colony. Of thepaintings, the most noteworthy is Parkers copy ofWeirs great picture of the embarkation in the rotundaof the Capitol at Washington. Sargents large paint-ing of the landing, which covers nearly the whole ofthe east wall, is barely within the range of criticism,since it was a gift from the artist. Among the portraits,the most noteworthy is that of Edward Winslow, thirdGovernor of the colony, and one of the immortal forty-one who signed the compact on the Mayflower. It isa copy, the original being in the possession of theMassachusetts Historical Society,
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