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Reedy Meadow Road ; Rock, south of Snake Hill ; Sallo, per- 

 haps Sallow, a kind of willow ; Sedge; Skull, through which 

 Unquetenassett Brook runs, near the Dunstable line ; Sledge, 

 north of Reedy Meadow, near the Sledges ; South ; South 

 Brook; Spang; Spot; Spring; Spruce; Swamp; Swan Pond ; 

 and Weavers. 



In the record of Daniel Pearse's land, by William Longley, 

 town-clerk, on July 6, 1666, reference is made to "the iland 

 lying within the meadow called Litle Halfe Moone Meadow." 

 This land formerly belonged to Governor Boutwell ; and I 

 was told by his son, the late Francis M. Boutwell, Esq., that 

 there is upon it a small elevation, which is always spoken of 

 as the island, — undoubtedly a survival of the expression ap- 

 plied to it when more or less surrounded by water. 



BROOKS. 



Cold Spring Brook — a small brook, rising in Cold 

 Spring " on y^ Left hand of the high way that goe to Reedy 

 meadow." It runs across the Nashua road, the East Pep- 

 perell road, through Hazen Swamp and Libby Lobby Moat, 

 into the Nashua River. 



Cow Pond Brook — has its source in Cow Pond Meadows 

 and Cow Pond, and empties into Massapoag Pond. Formerly 

 there was a dam between the meadows and the pond, where 

 there was a saw-mill ; and, later, on the same site a paper-mill, 

 which was taken down about fifty years ago. 



Gift Brook — in the north part of the town, rises in Gift 

 Meadow, crosses Chicopee Row near James Bennett's house 

 — as laid down on Mr. Butler's Map — and empties into 

 Unquetenassett Brook. 



James's Brook — one of the longest brooks within the 

 limits of the town. It takes its rise in Half-Moon Meadow, 

 crosses Main Street in the village, and runs southerly and 



