196 History of Hingham. 



We will turn eastward into South Pleasant Street, on the cor- 

 ner of which is a notable mansion, the home of the celebrated 

 Rev. Daniel Shute, D. D., the first pastor of the Second Parish. 

 The house is inhabited at the present day by one of his lineal 

 descendants. 



South Pleasant Street is shaded by noble elms, set out by 

 a former member of the old Gushing family ; whose lands, 

 for generations, have extended far and wide in this section, 

 and do still, for hereabouts the population is largely composed 

 of Cushings. 



Fulling-Mill Pond is on the right of the road, and at its out- 

 let, which is a little stream called Fulling-Mill Brook, once 

 stood the Fulling Mill. The bridge across this brook is Page's 

 Bridge. Between Page's Bridge and Lasell Street, on the south 

 side of the road, is Little Pond. This is a sluice-way of clear 

 water which never freezes, and is on a piece of land of about 

 three acres in extent, which was leased by the town to the Rev. 

 Dr. Shute for nine hundred and ninety-nine years ! The hill be- 

 yond Page's Bridge is rightly named Stony Hill. 



Now we will strike off into Lasell Street, a wild and pretty 

 road, winding mostly through woods and between shrubby way- 

 sides. 



On the easterly side of this street, about one eighth of a mile 

 from Free Street, and just north of a rocky rise, there is in a 

 thickly overgrown and woody field, the Old Lasell Pine. 



It seems probable that this ancient giant may be one of the few 

 mighty trees yet remaining of the primeval forest. The shat- 

 tered branches, rent by the storms of ages, would themselves 

 form large trees, and the vast trunk, standing grimly amid its 

 own ruins, presents but a picturesque suggestion of the old pine's 

 earlier majesty. 



Rocky Run is a little stream flowing under the street- 

 Entering Union Street, we find that Fearing's Bridge crosses 

 Weir River a short distance further northward, where it flows 

 among willows. Now, turning about, we will keep to the south- 

 ward over this street. At the first bend to the east, on rising 

 ground, there is a gateway, through which a cart road leads to 

 Trip-Hammer Pond. A short distance beyond this gateway Long- 

 Bridge Lane runs eastward from Union Street, winding through 

 woods to granite quarries, and then crosses Beechwoods River. 

 Near the entrance to this lane is Coal-Pit Hill. A few rods 

 further south the road crosses Beechwoods River at Sprague's 

 Bridge, and then passing the place where South Pleasant Street 

 enters it, rises on to high land, and over what is called The 

 Mountain, or Mount Blue Road, Mount Blue being in Norwell 

 across the line. 



The view west and south from this vicinity is very fine, and 

 the drive over this road, thence over Beech wood Street into 

 Cohasset, is a most delightful one. 



