. La vecchia colonia, o, terra di Pilgrim : passato e presente . est la lotta di salute-dare infu-recinzioni, e qui le figliole sono sicure, isolate, e sicuri di essere felici. Gli sport e i passatempi di Ofyouthful delle varietà più apprezzate e nat-urally ricercate da loro, non ci è stint; e qui sono easilycare per e tenuto all'interno del ken continuamente. Ci è notingbelittling o demoralizzante nella prima associazione e nella familiarità con Oceano e i suoi dintorni; e le istituzioni peculiari ai theBorders del suo regno, la vita e le stazioni di luce e gli stabilimenti di terra di ogni genere,
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. The old colony, or, Pilgrim land : past and present . est combina-tion of health-giving influ-ences, and here the littlefolks are safe, secluded, and sure to be happy. Ofyouthful sports and pastimes of the varieties most appreciated and nat-urally sought after by them, there is no stint; and here they are easilycared for and kept within ken continually. There is nothingbelittling or demoralizing in early association and familiarity withOld Ocean and his surroundings; and the institutions peculiar to theborders of his realm, the life and light-stations and shore establish-ments of every kind, imitations in their way of the beneficence andprovidence of humanitys Creator, have nothing in their mouldingor educational influences in common with the doubtful haunts of thegreat centres or the levelling institutions of conventional localities.Here they may enjoy air-baths, sun-baths or water-baths, singly or allcombined; and enlarge their miniature frames and lay foundations ofstamina and constitutional elements which all the influences of city or. 56 far inland life cannot thereafter throughout the year entirely overthrow.It is the form of life they love, too; for childhood takes as naturallyto the water and water scenes as does old age to the chimney cornersand grateful retirement. There are some fascinating haunts along the lower, or southern, Cape Cod coasts, some nooks and corners stowed away, as her sail-ors would say, along these shores, that one might well feel proud tofittingly describs; because some of the first artists of the world, in penor pencil portraiture, who have become enamored of them, have foundadequate interpretation of the same most difficult, so far as the appre-ciation of people who have never seen the places alluded to is concerned.This section of shore is marked by rapidly succeeding indentations, where the salt floods make inward upon the land, having scoopedor hollowed out for themselves in the process of centuries basins largeor small, or deeply
