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CHAPTER V. 



BELLERICA WHITE 



ROCK A YACHTSMAN'S 

 ROCKS. 



SHELTER SHORE 



NO finer bit of earth was ever wave-washed than the strand 

 of sand and cliff that fronts Bellerica. It seems a fragment 

 of the rock-ribbed coast of Maine transferred to Long Island Sound. 

 There are Moorish touches in outdoor bedrooms, roof and porch 

 lines, with large supporting posts and overhang, while the wall 

 space is pierced with rounded bays and large picture windows in 

 groups of twos and threes. 



BELLERICA. 



The interior is spacious, with semi-Oriental treatment in stair, 

 grill, balustrades, and alcoves. An over attic with casement win- 

 dows hinged at the bottom, swinging inward and ever open, cools 

 a third floor that is in many ways as pleasant and comfortable as the 

 second. 



Large trees shade the porch and give seclusion. In fact, building 

 and planting were tightly hand-clasped here. The advantages of 

 immediately beautifying with tree and shrub are fully illustrated 

 in the photographs showing both crude beginnings and mature de- 

 velopment. 



