EXPLORATIONS 



JL O-DAY I remind myself forcibly of 

 Samuel Pickwick, Esq., G. C, M. P. C, 

 whose paper entitled " Speculations on the 

 Sources of the Hampstead Ponds " was 

 received with such enthusiasm on the 

 part of the Pickwick Club, for I have 

 made new discoveries of the sources of 

 Ponkapog Pond. These are quite as 

 astounding to me as were the Hampstead 

 revelations to the Pickwick Club, and just 

 as those sent Mr. Pickwick and his friends 

 forth on new voyages, so these led me to 

 a hitherto undiscovered country. 



In spite of our increasing population 

 and our progressive business activity, 

 there are portions of eastern Massachu- 

 setts towns that are forgotten. Often 

 in 



