. Pigeon Cove and vicinity . termination for theenemy; for the firing of their large gun caused abutt to start in the bow of the barge, which soonbegan to fill with water, and finally sank just asthe men got her in near the rocks back of the officer in command, and a few of his men, ranacross the Neck, and seizing a boat made theirescape. The rest, a dozen or more, were madeprisoners. In the mean time, the men who tookthe fort had, with all their prisoners, or a part ofthem, got into their barge, and were on their wayback to the frigate. Soon after, an exchange of prisoners was effect
. Pigeon Cove and vicinity . termination for theenemy; for the firing of their large gun caused abutt to start in the bow of the barge, which soonbegan to fill with water, and finally sank just asthe men got her in near the rocks back of the officer in command, and a few of his men, ranacross the Neck, and seizing a boat made theirescape. The rest, a dozen or more, were madeprisoners. In the mean time, the men who tookthe fort had, with all their prisoners, or a part ofthem, got into their barge, and were on their wayback to the frigate. Soon after, an exchange of prisoners was effected ;and the British captain gave his word thatthrough the rest of the autumn the fishermen toil-ing on their fishing-grounds should not be will be remembered as having honorably kepthis promise. These are some of the few instances of attackfrom the sea, and of resistance from the land, atthe end of the Ca^^e, in the last struggle of ournation with the mother country. 36 PIGEON COVE AND A^ICINITY. SEA FROM AFTER A STORM, FROM CATHEDRAL ROCK. But what now is the sea-view from the shore,unfolding the magnificent results of many years ofpeace, corresponding with the shore-view from thesea, which has been described ? The Qommerce of the world is largely representedon our offing and in Massachusetts Bay. OutwardboTuid and inward bound ships, barques and brigs,belonging to all sea-bordering lands, are almostdaily seen from our own windows. Some arecroincr to or cominc: from the distant East Indies SEA FROM SHORE. 37 and Japan; some to or from Eastern or WesternAfrica, or the Cape of Good Hope; some to orfrom Asia Minor, or Egypt, or Southern Europe,or Northern Europe, or Great Britain; some to orfrom Brazil, Chili, Peru, California, the SandwichIslands, Australia; and some to Borneo and otherspicy islands of the Pacific sea. Often withinview, added to these larger craft bearing richcargoes and scented with foreign odors, are thecountless smaller vessels of the Cana
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