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HISTORY OF con ASSET. 



When the coast of New England first received the tides 

 of European immigration, the two settlements, Plymouth 

 at the south and Massachusetts at the north, came to- 

 gether at Cohasset harbor. Just as two tides meeting 

 each other make a choppy disturbance of the water called 

 the tide rip, so the expansive movement of these two 

 colonies made a line of disturbance that happens to be the 

 southern boundary of Cohasset. The account of this con- 

 tention, with its rich historical associations, will be a sub- 

 ject for perusal some pages further on ; but the importance 

 of that event lends interest to our town which increases 

 with time. 



Not all, however, who are interested in this place have 

 the animus of history ; there are many who find sporting 

 the cause of their quest. From times long before Daniel 

 Webster snapped his gun at a coot flying along our north- 



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One Day's Bag of Coots for Four Men'. 



