BULLETIN 



ESSEX INSTITUTE. 



Vol. 3. Salem, Mass., August, 1871. No. 8. 



One Dollar a Year in Advance. 10 Cents a Single Copy. 



Field Meeting at East Gloucester, Thuesday, 

 June 29th, 1871. 



THE RAMBLE. 



Coming from its first Field Meeting at Wenham Lake 

 and its shores, to the ocean about Cape Ann, from the 

 placid waters of an inland lake, surrounded by woods 

 and fertile fields, to look upon the restless Atlantic, send- 

 ing its waves against a rocky coast, the disciples of the 

 Institute were subjected to a contrast whose influence 

 even if unrecognized must have been beneficially felt. 

 The morning threatening rain had suggested disappoint- 

 ment, so the reappearance of a clear sky added its exhil- 

 aration to the ramblers. 



Of the two hundred and more who came from Salem 

 and vicinity to participate in the day's search for instruc- 

 tion, all seemed more than usually interested in the natu- 

 ral features of the region visited. 



From the rendezvous at the Baptist church the party 

 proceeded in different directions on their explorations. 

 Some accepting the courteous invitation of Thomas Niles, 

 Esq., went to the inner side of the Point, visiting what 



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