The Pine-tree coast . 2 : A. _ i PEMAQDID THE FORTRESS. 225 apon Bong. The vessel thru, greatly to my surprise, pushed boldly out among the ledges, through the singular hole-in-the-wall where tie- Bhipwreck , bo Letting lis pass into Johns May by a short cut, with Pemaquid Pointrising before us mi the opposite This is another of those long, lean, uneven wedges of rock driven out intothe ocean, between Muscongus Bay on the cast and Johns Bay on the west. Abelt of rusty red granite stretches round it above low-water mark, and out into. A SUMMER IDYL. the foaming breakers beyond
The Pine-tree coast . 2 : A. _ i PEMAQDID THE FORTRESS. 225 apon Bong. The vessel thru, greatly to my surprise, pushed boldly out among the ledges, through the singular hole-in-the-wall where tie- Bhipwreck , bo Letting lis pass into Johns May by a short cut, with Pemaquid Pointrising before us mi the opposite This is another of those long, lean, uneven wedges of rock driven out intothe ocean, between Muscongus Bay on the cast and Johns Bay on the west. Abelt of rusty red granite stretches round it above low-water mark, and out into. A SUMMER IDYL. the foaming breakers beyond. Pastures pallid from exhaustion, and spottedwith clumps of melancholy firs, spread themselves out over this foundation. Inthe extreme corner of this threadbare robe there is a lighthouse. You look about you in vain for those evidences of long occupation whichthe historic vista has opened to you in advance. In the course of half an hour our tortoise of a steamer crept quietly up tothe wharf at the harbor. Fifteen years ago a flourishing business was done at iir, THE 1IXE-TKEE COAST. the porgy-oil factory here, thus giving some appearance of life to the place, atany rate, even if it dealt a death-blow to its sentiment. Indeed, one porgy factoryis enough to create a solitude. When that business gave out, — when porgieswere no longer to be caught by hook or by crook,—the large works werepulled down, and nothing has since risen on their ruins. Before coming to Pemaquid, one should have passed an hour or two in read-ing up the history of the p
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