. The old colony, or, Pilgrim land : past and present . e is scarcelya furlong of these hundreds of miles of seacoast that is not directlyincluded in the ministrations of the Old Colony Railroad, which hasgridironed this south-eastern section in every part. Foreseeingwhat has actually happened, that the summer pilgrims of everyState, and especially those more or less inland, would inevitablydiscover what treasures this section held in store, and what prodigalityof delights had been lavished by natural provision here, the manage-ment of this transportation system has carried its lines into ever
. The old colony, or, Pilgrim land : past and present . e is scarcelya furlong of these hundreds of miles of seacoast that is not directlyincluded in the ministrations of the Old Colony Railroad, which hasgridironed this south-eastern section in every part. Foreseeingwhat has actually happened, that the summer pilgrims of everyState, and especially those more or less inland, would inevitablydiscover what treasures this section held in store, and what prodigalityof delights had been lavished by natural provision here, the manage-ment of this transportation system has carried its lines into everypart, leaving out no appreciable attraction, neglecting no favored orcommendable locality. Its sumptuous trains, with the regularity ofthe sunbeams and the sea breezes, dart about among these varyingand ever beautiful scenes, connecting with steamboats which duplicatein every way upon the water the functions of the railroad upon theland, or with coaches and auxilliaries which, first and last, satisfythe wants and demands of every class of
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