_ May perhaps remain for a long period of bose, 
ss ‘Morial of ancient times. 
rte On the Forts around Boston. 345 
should pay acre 4 ame to the flowers, yet the higher _ 
order of plants cannot fail to attract your notice. The 
whole of the hills “excdae the interior of the Forts, is cov- | 
ered with a profusion of shrubs among which are the “od 
églanteria or sweet briar with its red fruit, and the 
trum with its black and shining seeds ; the Celastrus cee 
dens which informs the European that he is at a great dis- 
tance from his native plains, and the Berberis which in d-— 
ces him to believe that he is at home. The Juniperus vir- 
eens has taken quiet possession of a great portion of the 
ground, and let us hope it may never be molested in its 
dominion. A few oaks and the Platanus occidentalis adorn 
the higher fort. Let the botanist in the spring visit this: 
spot, and while gathering the flowers, offer up a wish, that 
_ the rampa arts:;which protect them may never be disturbed. 
16. The Pacbury lines, about three quarters of a mile 
in advance of the forts, and two hundred yards north of the 
town, are still to be seen on the eastern side of the penin- 
sula, and may be distinguished by any person going PY, ih 
nearest road to Dorchester, over Lamb’s Dam. 
17. At this period it may be proper to mention the Brit- 
ish possilicationa< The lines situated upon the bintere are 
entrenchments carried quite across the peninsula, and the 
fosse, which was eee at high water, converted Bost 
‘nto an island. he mounds, ramparts, and wide dit 
sh remain, attest a strength of the original wor 
The small battery on the common, erected by the 
18. The Dorchester Lines. Of these, some very slight 
tins — be 2a wee 
Fou. vin, No. 2. 
