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Hog Swamp — lying between the westerly side of Martin's 

 Pond and Martin's Pond Road. Mr. Lawrence Brooks's pri- 

 vate way to his house and the Chestnut Hills passes through it. 



Hovt's Wharf — the name of a place on Cow Pond Brook 

 where one Hoyt formerly kept his boat. It was near the 

 house of Samuel Hazen, — as laid down on Mr. Butler's map 

 of Groton, made from a survey during the years 1828 and 

 1829, — nearly a mile north of Cow Pond. 



The Island — a small, though prominent, hill in the 

 meadow south of Hillside Road ; undoubtedly once sur- 

 rounded by water. 



Jamaica — the name of a small patch of meadow behind 

 the hills on the west side of Chicopee Row. 



Libby LOBBY MOAT — below the Ox Bow, opening into 

 the Nashua River. This word is probably another form of 

 Loblolly, in use at the South, and denoting wet land. 



Lily Moat — on the east side of the Nashua and south 

 of the road, near the Red Bridge. 



Madagascar — the name of the district where the paper- 

 mill formerly stood on the brook, between Cow Pond and 

 Knop's Pond. 



Nod — the district lying in the neighborhood of the four 

 corners, below the soapstone quarry. The road from the 

 Hollingsworth Paper-mills to this place is called the Nod 

 Road. 



Ox Bow — the bend of the Nashua River, in the northerly 

 part of the town, below the Lawrence pasture. 



PAUGUS Hole — in Paugus Brook, on the west side of 

 Brown Loaf, where, it is said, the body of Paugus's descend- 

 ant, who came to kill Chamberlain, was sunk, after he himself 

 was killed. 



Pine Plain — probably near the Nashua River, and on the 

 westerly side. In December, 1673, Joseph Morse had 

 meadow-lands on the Pine Plain, " neare the fordway. " 



