WEST ROXBITRY PAKK. 7 



Prompted by his conviction, and b}" assurances of good 

 will and support, the writer at once diligently began to 

 examine the unoccupied fields and wooded hills in the 

 neighborhood of Boston, especially those tracts of 

 massed lands within an easy distance and conveniently 

 accessible to the citizens by steam, horse-cars or by 

 caiTiage. 



Such a region, admirably adapted for the purpose 

 was found and approved; first, by its proximity to the 

 city; next, for its nearness to the horse-cars, or to the 

 more rapid transit by sleam power, both of which con- 

 veyances were located on either side of this great area, 

 and both running at short intervals during the day and 

 night, to and from the city, the fare being only five cents 

 each way. 



These frequent and cheap conveyances were strong 

 inducements to encourage the selection of this territory 

 for park pui'poses, but furthermore the attractiveness 

 was increased by the charming locality; its undulating 

 surface, composed of upland and meadow, hills, terraces 

 and valleys, woody slopes, copses and fields, all 

 embraced within an area of 366.80 ucres, and lying 

 between three and one-half and four and one-half miles 

 from the City Hall. 



This beautiful tract of land, bounded northerly by 

 Seaver street, easterly by Blue Hill avenue and Canter- 

 bury street, southerly by Morton street, westerly b}^ 

 Scarborough street and Walnut avenue, with two cross 

 streets running through it, east and west, was embraced 

 in twenty-seven different lots, held by about as many 

 difterent owners. 



To see personally or to communicate with these sev- 



