What to see in America . l ones. The largest stream is only a curious tradition of the island is that of the DancingMortar. This mortar was a section of a tree fourteen incheslong and ten in diameter, and hollowed out at one end sothat corn could be pounded into meal with a stone the original owner died the mortar won fame by dancingaround the room. It would throw itself on its side and rollto and fro, then right itself and hop up from the floor severaltimes in succession, and perform various other strangeantics. The first Block Island hotel was opened in 1842,but not un
What to see in America . l ones. The largest stream is only a curious tradition of the island is that of the DancingMortar. This mortar was a section of a tree fourteen incheslong and ten in diameter, and hollowed out at one end sothat corn could be pounded into meal with a stone the original owner died the mortar won fame by dancingaround the room. It would throw itself on its side and rollto and fro, then right itself and hop up from the floor severaltimes in succession, and perform various other strangeantics. The first Block Island hotel was opened in 1842,but not until thirty years later did the island develop intothe popular summering place it has now become. 62 What to See in America The highest point in Rhode Island is Durfee Hill, whichrises eight hundred and five feet above the sea level on thenorthwestern border of the state. The people are popularlycalled Gunflints, a name applied because of the commonuse of gunflint muskets taken from garrets in the Dorr Re-bellion of MoHEGAN Bluffs, Block Island m
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