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its pioneer owner, who established a ferry just 

 north of it, which was continued by his descendants 

 with various craft — sloops, horse-boats, and a 

 natty little steamboat. It was a famous thorough- 

 fare until the building of the railroad, which revo- 

 lutionized everything. Then there were no more 

 great droves of cattle making leisurely progress 

 toward Boston on the hoof, nor any longer much 

 faring to and fro across the ferry on the business of 

 traiBc or visiting, and the idle ferryman and the 

 guestless publican lounged on the rotting wharf in 

 mutual condolence. 



Yet the little wilderness on the Point, seldom 

 invaded by human kind except the infrequent 

 woodman, the more infrequent meditative woods 

 lounger and the hunter, and throbbing in spring- 

 time with the beat of the partridge's drum, ringing 

 all summer long with the songs of a multitude of 

 birds, echoing in the golden days of autumn with 

 the melody of hounds, still preserved its sylvan 

 seclusion and kept its homely name, till it was dis- 

 covered by some "hey due" explorers, who re- 

 christened it and made it fashionable. 



Spick-and-span cottages, even elegant resi- 

 dences, are built upon its heights; a steamer 

 comes to it regularly twice a day during the sum- 

 mer, and the thronged woods are noisy with gay 

 pleas ure-seekers . 

 It is all spoiled for us old-fashioned camp- 



