. King's handbook of Boston harbor. v and climate; and form a wonderfuli1] i| i j contrast to the modern palaces and huge hotels of Bar Harbor,with their fashionable com-panies and ceaseless fes-tivities. The eastward voyage onthese great steamshipsaffords a very refresh-ing change from thesummer temperature ofBoston and the inlandand southern cities, andremoves one, in two orthree hours, from thetorrid zone to the coolair of the ocean, en-riched by the intensevitality which comespulsing in from the dis-tant plains of the outer Atlantic. To leave behind the heated pavementsand walls, the mephi
. King's handbook of Boston harbor. v and climate; and form a wonderfuli1] i| i j contrast to the modern palaces and huge hotels of Bar Harbor,with their fashionable com-panies and ceaseless fes-tivities. The eastward voyage onthese great steamshipsaffords a very refresh-ing change from thesummer temperature ofBoston and the inlandand southern cities, andremoves one, in two orthree hours, from thetorrid zone to the coolair of the ocean, en-riched by the intensevitality which comespulsing in from the dis-tant plains of the outer Atlantic. To leave behind the heated pavementsand walls, the mephitic drainage, and the myriad noises, of the town, andpass out into these vast quiet spaces of the sea, with pure and bracingair on every side, fascinating views, and no care but that relating to thecoming dinner-hour, affords a change of scene and of life, which, howeverbrief, is rich in physical and mental benefit; and he must be a very un-reasonable American who could return from such a voyage without feelinghimself a better Fosters Wharf, Boston.
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