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lying not far from one end. An old burial- place, now bare, 

 of monuments, is found on the southern slope, and tradition 

 ascribes its occupancy to families of the name of Stanley. 



Northerly from this lies Great, or Towne's Hill. On its : 

 southerly side the Topsfield Hotel once stood, on the site of 

 the present house of Daniel Perkins. The summit is north 

 of this point, and is called the highest point in town, though 

 in this respect there is little difference between this and 

 Pingree's Hill. Like tlie others, this has the wavy, ridgy 

 surface, and is somewhat abrupt at the northwcsiterly end. 



From this, moving southeasterly, we reach Bradstreet's 

 Hill, which is a regular swell of land for more than half a 

 mile. On its eastern side, however, it is broken by sharp 

 ridges along the river meadow. 



Northeasterly from Bradstreet's Hill, across the meadows 

 and the river, rises Cumming's Hill, named from its former 

 exclusive owners, though now its possession is shared by 

 others. Tradition says that an ancient owner of this hill, 

 named Howlet, gave it entire to a boy named Gumming?, as 

 a freedom present, and it is added, that the boy lived to the 

 age of a hundred and three years. The hill is of the same 

 general form as Bradstreet's, but somewhat higher. 



Lamson's, or Third Hill is found a little further to the 

 northeast. It has been known as " Thick Woods," but none 

 but apple trees are on it at present. Here we have the 

 structure of the large hills again ; blunt and steep toward 

 the northwest, furrowed and ridged through its length, and 

 sinking gradually toward the southeast, where it continues 

 into Hamilton. 



Recrossing the river and moving northerly, Paine's Hill is 

 reached, so called from a former owner, so says tradition. 

 The westerly side is rather abrupt, and the easterly and 

 northwesterly slopes are broken into knobs and ridges. 



Easterly from Lamson's Bridge and beside the Ipswich 

 Road, is a small elevation called, from its form, Round Hill. 

 It was once planted with a single row of corn (or beans) 

 which ran round it spirally to the top. Since then, however, 

 part of the hill has been removed for the benefit of the high- 

 way. A willow^ grows on the top, planted there by ono 

 Benj. Hobbs, sixty or seventy years since. 



