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HISTORY OF COHASSRT. 



Lion's Den is perhaps best referred to as an event in 

 the bowlder episode. It is made of rocks that are still in 

 touch with the parent ledge, lying southeast of Beach 

 Street in the woods near Daniel Tower's estate. Just as 

 Ode's Den, this has been a human resort, and several 

 stone implements which were found there by some Co- 

 hasset boys now living, prove that the Indians before us 

 were indebted to the glacier's labors for their resort, or 

 perhaps for their home. 



Photo, M. II. Ream 



BuRBANK Bowlder. 



About seventy tons weight. A glacial traveler now resting in woods east of 

 Howe's Road, near Doane Street. 



In estimating how far the glacial bowlders of Cohasset 

 have traveled, short distances of a few miles have the pre- 

 sumptive favor. Indeed, not one of our Cohasset bowl- 

 ders needs to be referred to a ledge north of Boston 

 Harbor for its explanation. It was the underneath side of 

 the glacier that dragged these huge fragments from their 



