Along old roads of Gloucester Mass

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ALONG THE OLD ROADS OF CAPE ANN

40

shall

This

is

find

only the

hardly a flower-walk

common

;

we

in the Spring,

such as

hillside flowers,

the Violet, Saxifrage, Bluet, Cassandra, and Sweet-

Rose; but nothing

briar

the Bayberry with

its

Autumn,

In the

distinctive.

sweet fragrance

will

be our chief

reward."^

We ready

this introduction to the locality,

One

to set out.

the Spring or

should go to

Autumn, and

as

it is

Cape, the approaches

of the

we

walk

however, going to view the Whale*s

are,

Jaw, and with

have planned

May, when we

time in

and see

of Nature,

We take the Street, or

Cherry

road

Lemuel

We

old Castle.

it

beauty of

left

we

which has been remodeled on

straight

Morgan Stanwood

Proceeding on our way,

which

we

referred to as the this road, left,

cross

of

passing

and soon on

shall see a large boulder, beside

the cellar of

is

Stanwood

either of these streets

the road to the Rifle-Range on the the

The

unfolding.

its

off either at

which was once

keep

are many.

and continuing on the same

Friend's,

in recent years, but

either in

situated in the heart

today takes place some-

and get

Street,

are

shall witness the resurrection

in all the

bus,

to

Gee Avenue, walk up

crossing to

it

for

Dogtown

we

which

is

Mr. Rich's poem.

we come

to a slough,

on stepping-stones, and beyond

a pair of bars which brings us out to the

this,

Common,

so called because the boundaries to the lots have long *

Later

in

June and July some of the orchids are found

in the

swamps near

Vivian's.


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