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HISTORY OF C OH ASSET. 



trees which existed at the place mentioned before the land 

 subsided so as to let in the salt sea. But these accumula- 

 tions of half-decayed grass with roots and particles of dust 

 are possible only where there is sufficient dampness. The 

 grass upon uplands never grew very much nor resisted long 

 the forces of decay. Trees and bushes were more adapted 

 to the conditions of upland life, and they were so greedy 

 for sunshine as to lace their tops together, making a deep 

 shade in most places, quite discouraging to the grass. 

 Even trees of the dwarf kind were thus bullied out of 



Photo, Miss Annie Hartwell, 



Little Harhor from ihk Kiik.ks over the Savins. 



place. Along the bleak shore, where rocks were many and 

 the soil scarce, the savin trees could get a fair chance with 

 the sun ; but in places where big pines and oaks and many 

 broad-leaved tall trees could grow, the sunlight was so 

 monopolized that the little savins gave up the struggle. 



The climate is such in New England that the richest 

 variety of trees in the world was here accommodated. 

 The pine trees could endure the cold winters and the hot 

 summers because there was a good degree of moisture fall- 

 ing each year. 



