Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society, for the Year 1793, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint) PDF Download

Author: Massachusetts Historical Society
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ISBN: 9781332904006
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 248

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Excerpt from Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society, for the Year 1793, Vol. 2 Ema] A little fouth of the centre'of the'town, is I andcreelc {0 called on account of its bein the fountain of a brook, which; near to 'the bay, as ii palfes a {mall gland, is known by the name of iiland-creek. Thepond is one mile and an half from the 131: water. Itis half a mile wide; one and a half in length. The \red and fea perchklhiners, pout, and fometimes pickerel, are found in' it. Half a mile, north wall from this, lies a fmaller pond, about one mile in circumference. N o fireams run into it; neithelr is there any commu nication of water, Upon the furface of the earth, from it' to the larger 'pond. It is always very nearly the t AI R.] The air is the fame, as in other maritime towns in this State; Undoubted fae'ts prove that it is friendly to health and longevity.+ T he extremes of heat and cold, are about the fame as at Bolton and Cam bridge, 2% degrees below 92% above are the extremes, by Fahren heit's Thermometer. It'has often, and juilly, been ohferved, that falt water are healthy fituations. En, is, that the atmofphere is gre feem, ' then, that the idea of an. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."