The port book of Boston; . thisbooklet. In summer the nearby resorts are crowdedwith pleasure-seekers, and the cooling breezes are asavailable for the poor as for the well-to-do. Nan-tasket Beach, upon whose sands the ocean rollersbreak unceasingfly, migfht be called the Coney Islandof New England — if it were an island, and if it werenot practically duplicated by Revere Beach, which,though not quite within the harbor limit, is just aroundthe corner from it. On hot Sundays in summer thevisitors to these beaches run into the hundreds ofthousands. Contrasting with these popular resoits, we find
The port book of Boston; . thisbooklet. In summer the nearby resorts are crowdedwith pleasure-seekers, and the cooling breezes are asavailable for the poor as for the well-to-do. Nan-tasket Beach, upon whose sands the ocean rollersbreak unceasingfly, migfht be called the Coney Islandof New England — if it were an island, and if it werenot practically duplicated by Revere Beach, which,though not quite within the harbor limit, is just aroundthe corner from it. On hot Sundays in summer thevisitors to these beaches run into the hundreds ofthousands. Contrasting with these popular resoits, we find theexclusive summer colonies of Cohasset and Scituate,south of the city, while along the North Shore arethe cliffs of Swampscott, Marblehead, Beverly, andMagnolia, crowned with the summer palaces of theexclusive rich. Ask who has the best time — the millionaire withhis castle-on-the-rocks, or the summer squatter in abreeze-shaken bungalow of canvas and boards. Letthe location be near Boston Bay, and the answer isBoth!. 17 THE PORT BOOK
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