BULLETIN 



OF THE 



Vol. n. Salem, Oct., Nov., Dec, 1879. Nos. 10, 11, 12. 



Wednesday, Aug. 27, 1879. A Day with Col. French. 



The Field Meeting, this day, was held at "Rock Lawn," 

 the name given to the fine estate of Col. Jonas H. French 

 at Bay View, Gloucester. From one hundred and eighty 

 to two hundred persons went down in the train from 

 Salem, and at the meeting there were about five hundred 

 present, the Cape Ann Scientific and Literary Associa- 

 tion uniting with the members of tlie Institute and their 

 friends from Salem and its neighborhood. The passages, 

 going and returning, both on the cars and by stage 

 and barge from the depot in Gloucester to Bay View, 

 were not devoid of interest; the waves rolled in before 

 the east wind, and it was interesting to watch the line of 

 white foam, in the distance, as the sea rolled over hidden 

 breakers along the shore ; the old houses to be seen, here 

 and there, along the Annisquam road, were indicative 

 of an old and interesting settlement, which, though des- 

 titute of the appliances of affluence, were nevertheless 

 marked by all the comfort and contentment which an old 

 fashioned fishing community is capable of producing. 

 Here and there, women were noticed attending to their 

 garden patches, weeding their flowers, gathering apples, 



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