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Title: Cape Cod and the Old colony
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: Brigham, Albert Perry, 1855-1932
Subjects: Pilgrims (New Plymouth Colony) Cape Cod (Mass.)
Publisher: New York and London, G.P. Putnam's Sons
Contributing Library: University of Connecticut Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Connecticut Libraries

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s stretches of the GreatMarshes, which in old times supplied largegatherings of salt hay. The Brewsters and thenorthern Dennises stand within easy distancesof the north shore on the route which mustalways have been traced in going down theCape from Plymouth or Boston. The compelling condition of concentrationat Woods Hole is its harborage. Always opento whalers and fishermen, it is the naturalcalling point between New Bedford and theouter islands, and in these days of the railwayand the motor car, it transfers a multitudebetween land and sea during the summer pe-riod, and has charms of its own, waters, pass-ing ships, the views of the Vineyard shore, andbackgrounds of glorious hill and forest. Across these hills and on the other side ofthe forest is Falmouth. The early settlerslanding between Oyster and Fresh Ponds,went about a mile back from the shore andbuilt their permanent homes on the fertileplain at the eastern base of the moraine. Atthe railway station one is at the foot of the
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Old Colony Names and Towns 113 morainic hills and on the western edge of theplain. From the main street one may gothrough a churchyard and find himself at theedge of Fresh Pond, looking toward the sea.On the other side, in the rear of the post office,is another charming fresh water, lying alsobehind the Town Hall and on the edge of thelawns where the Public Library stands. Ittook no special wisdom to locate Falmouth—the men of 1660 followed the index finger ofnature. Cotuit, Hyannis, Chatham, and indeed allthe south-shore villages are on the borders ofprotected waters, inviting fishing and trade inthe old days and open to summer homes andsummer sailing in these times. In the shallowbays, oystering, clamming, and scalloping, ifthey do not make many rich, at least save thetraditions of old time, and avert from the sirni-mer world the unthinkable loss of chowders,steamed clams, and broiled lobster. If one enters Nauset Harbor and makes aright-angle turn into Town Cove, he will ar-rive,

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