72 LAND OF THE LINGERING SNOW. 



wind which stirred them full of discontent. 

 There are many who might find rest in the* rest- 

 lessness of the sea, the dunes, and the winds. 

 Perhaps my lack of sympathy is hereditary. 

 Rather more than two hundred and fifty years 

 ago a father and son were fishermen upon these 

 treacherous coasts. In the great storm of Dt - 

 cember 15, 1636, the father was claimed by tlio 

 ocean as its own. The son gave up the sea and 

 grew corn by the ponds of Chebacco. Before 

 he died he moved out of sight and hearing of 

 the ocean, and for many generations none of 

 his descendants lived within tide-water limits. 



