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of Breadencheese Tree, on the line of the Second Division. 

 Smith's Island was on this line further to the southwest. 



A half-mile or so from Turkey-Hill Run, the lane crosses Rat- 

 tlesnake Run, which, starting in Purgatory Swamp, we encoun- 

 tered upon Jerusalem Road, where it empties into Strait's Pond. 

 Lambert's Lane, running through thick woods almost all the way, 

 passes over Breadencheese Tree Plain ; and here was Hum- 

 phrey's, or, as commonly called in the old days, At Humphrey's. 



Lambert's Lane eventually emerges at the modern Forest Ave- 

 nue, and at this point there was in the early part of the century 

 a dairy farm belonging to General Lincoln. Nearly all of these 

 tillage and pasture lands of earlier times are now overgrown by 

 thick forest. Walnut Hill is in this vicinity. Purgatory 

 Swamp is northwest of Walnut Hill. 



Passing south over Forest Avenue, we come soon to North 

 Main Street, and turning into this, we almost immediately strike 

 off diagonally to the right into Gedar Street, now a deserted way, 

 but a beautifully winding and wooded one, formerly the Old^ Co- 

 hasset Road, over which, in early times, people journeyed from 

 Hingham to Cohasset. It leads over hill and dale, bisects a 

 superb fancy farm at Turkey Meadows and passing by a quiet 

 little graveyard at a turn to the northward, comes out on Hull 

 Street. 



In order to reach most expeditiously the next locality which it 

 is desirable to visit, it will be best to proceed through Hull Street 

 to East Street, Hingham, and thence through this town by the 

 way of the old Side-Hill road, over Turkey Hill (a most delight- 

 ful ride, especially at this season), through Leavitt, Spring, Pleas- 

 ant, and Union streets, until Bcechwood Street is reached, 

 which leads from Union Street to Cohasset. This street at first 

 winds through beautiful and wild woodlands, largely composed 

 of beeches, with many holly-trees here and there, their exquisite 

 foliage reflecting the sunbeams, and the bright scarlet berries 

 forming a brilliant contrast to the rigid leaves' polished green. 



Here is the part of Cohasset called Beechwoods, or in old 

 deeds The Beeches, deriving the name from the trees which 

 form so large a part of the woods of this district. Stony Brook 

 is the name of a little stream which crosses Bcechwood Street, 

 flowing through a pretty meadow bordered by trees and bright 

 with wild flowers in their season, near the village called Pratt's 

 Corner. 



Hard by is Barn Hill, made almost an island by this Stony 

 Brook. The locality known as Kingo is comprised in this neigh- 

 borhood, taking its name from a former inhabitant who lived 

 near, in a stone house in the woods. 



A short distance further on, Doane Street enters Beechwood 

 Street on the north side. Doane Street is a continuation in Co- 

 hasset of Leavitt Street in Hingham, which leads through Third 

 Division woods. 



