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largely contributed to the voalth and prosperity of this 

 peoi)le. ]\Iany companies have 1)een formed, and from 

 Sandy Bay to Annisqnam, a distance of six miles, huge 

 derricks thickly stud the landscape, and the sharp click of 

 the drill hammer has become a familiar sound. The 

 attention of the summer tourist to the seashore has had a 

 corresponding intluence in this direction. Many of the 

 retired and secluded spots on the shores of this county 

 have been appropriated for private residences, and others 

 are gradually being taken up for similar purposes. In 

 this immediate neighborhood the stone mansion of Gen. 

 B. F. Butler at Bay View is conspicuous. ]\Iany summer 

 visitors were in this place to pass the hot term — they 

 come literally in swarms, not only from the inland cities 

 and towns of New England, but from New York, the 

 West, and a few from the South. Many of the families 

 camp out by the shore in tents, while others are beginning 

 to have their ''cottage by the sea." The natural curios- 

 ities of this place, the woodland attractions, the rides, 

 embracing some of the grandest sea views in the world, 

 the shores generally high and bold, with fine beaches in 

 many places, the bracing and invigorating air — these 

 combined make this place a very desirable resort, in the 

 summer season, to the invalid, the tourist and the pleasure 

 seeker ; at other seasons to the sportsman for its sea fowl, 

 gunning and fishing ; and at all times to the naturalist for 

 its marine fauna and llora, its peculiar geologiciil forma- 

 tion and fine minerals found in the seams exposed during 

 the process of quarrying. 



Mechanic's Hall, at Squam Point, was the place of ren- 

 dezvous for the day, where, on arrival, an informal meeting 

 was held, a cordial welcome extended, and arrangements 

 made for the various excursions. Some rambled over 

 the hills and on the shore, as inclination dictated ; some 



