. King's handbook of Boston harbor. The Bug Light. KINGS HANDBOOK OF BOSTON HARBOR. 229 Bits of harbor PHstors- HISTORIC VIGNETTES. —OLD-TIME EXCURSIONS.— ART AND LITERATURE.—BOSTONS COMMERCE. ,ONG ago Peter Peregrine (the celebrated Dr. E. ) wrote thus : The sea-view of Boston, whichI had the opportunity of contemplating as we passeddown the bay, is superb. I can recall but two simi-lar views—those of Genoa and of Naples—worthyof being compared with it. And while, in somepoints of the comparison, the superior beauty of thelatter must be confessed by all, there are others inwhich the Bo
. King's handbook of Boston harbor. The Bug Light. KINGS HANDBOOK OF BOSTON HARBOR. 229 Bits of harbor PHstors- HISTORIC VIGNETTES. —OLD-TIME EXCURSIONS.— ART AND LITERATURE.—BOSTONS COMMERCE. ,ONG ago Peter Peregrine (the celebrated Dr. E. ) wrote thus : The sea-view of Boston, whichI had the opportunity of contemplating as we passeddown the bay, is superb. I can recall but two simi-lar views—those of Genoa and of Naples—worthyof being compared with it. And while, in somepoints of the comparison, the superior beauty of thelatter must be confessed by all, there are others inwhich the Boston view indubitably surpasses almost innumerable green and fertile islands, sown broadcast over thesurface of the bay, constitute a feature in the prospect, to which neither ofthe views referred to furnishes any parallel. . The number of islandsreminded me of the Cyclades, though it must be confessed, that, in theirappearance, nothing could well be more dissimilar than those of the .EgeanSea and Massachusetts Bay. In a si
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