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Scallops: are shellfish the large muscle of which is much prized 



for food. 



These are only a few of the fish kinds brought in at T Wharf. 



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Grand Banks: a submarine plateau in the Atlantic, eastward 

 from Newfoundland ; noted as a fishing-ground. Its depth is 

 thirty to sixty fathoms. 



the Georges: a smaller bank lying off Cape Cod. 

 " We're Here"; the name of the schooner in Kipling's "Cap- 

 tains Courageous." 



Quincy Market : an old well-known market in Boston. 

 King's Chapel: on Tremont Street. It was begun in 1749 and is 

 still used for worship. See " Roof and Meadow " for a fuller ac- 

 count of the sparrows. 



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rim rock: the edging of rock around the flats and plains of the 



sage deserts of Oregon. 



Boston Common : known to every child who has read the history 



of our country. The "Garden" is across Charles Street from the 



Common. 



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Agassiz Museum : the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard 



University. It is popularly called the Agassiz Museum in honor 



of the great naturalist Louis Agassiz, who founded it. 



See Sarah K. Bolton's " Famous Men of Science." 



Arnold Arboretum : is near the western edge of Boston ; one of the 



most celebrated gardens of trees in the world. 



Through the heaven's wide pathless way : from " II Penseroso," by 



Milton. 



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Swales : wet, grassy, or even bushy, meadows. 



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FOR THE PUPIL 

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The tree-toad: (Hyla versicolor) ; he is said by country people to 

 prophesy rain. 



