The Pine-tree coast . this bay, there are some very badledges which all gentlemen sailors Avill do well to steer clear of. First, andworst of all, because they lie exactly in the track of vessels bound in or out, isthe clump called the Fishing Rocks, which, however, make a feature of a mostcharming sea-view. There used to be magnificent rock-cod and cunner fishingamong these ledges, but one has need to keej) a wary eye abroad there; for thebreaker that rolls over them so lazily, and is so much admired from shore,would swamp a boat before one could call on St. Anthony or say JackRobinson. The s
The Pine-tree coast . this bay, there are some very badledges which all gentlemen sailors Avill do well to steer clear of. First, andworst of all, because they lie exactly in the track of vessels bound in or out, isthe clump called the Fishing Rocks, which, however, make a feature of a mostcharming sea-view. There used to be magnificent rock-cod and cunner fishingamong these ledges, but one has need to keej) a wary eye abroad there; for thebreaker that rolls over them so lazily, and is so much admired from shore,would swamp a boat before one could call on St. Anthony or say JackRobinson. The strip of shore lying between the river and Sandy Cove forms the head-land locally known as Cape Arundel, on which the summer colony has percheditself as if by instinct. Let us walk that way. The path leads first to a dilapidated earthwork, or rather sandwork, whichbut for the slender beach-grass growing upon it would have been scatteredto the four winds long ago. These mounds are a relic of the War of 1812. ^^^AT^%^;J. OLD HALF-MOON BATTKUY. Knowing how averse New England was to the war, the British Cabinet deter-mined to make her still more so by striking at her commerce and open , sink, and destroy! were the watchwords of this war. What a com-mentary upon our boasted civilization ! ? The land here is high, and the shore bold. Nothing is smoothed otf. Thepastures bristle Avith the wild native growth. Now and then some deep, broadsplit yawns before us, into which the sea flies foaming to our feet, or shootsup a column of spray high in the air. Here now is one to which the sonorousname of the Devils Cartway has been given. And the Devils Arm-chair^ is its close neighbor. Theres something in a name even at theshore. Only a few years ago I saw the hull of a vessel, with every stick goneout of her, wedged bolt upright in the Cartway. The next gale broke her its name, the place proved the salvation of the crew; for if the vessel AT KENNEBUNKTORT. 99
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