CHAPTER VII. 



Plymouth, Massachusetts. Plymouth Beach. Marine Shells. Quicksand. 

 Names of Pilgrim Fathers. Forefathers Day. Pilgrim Relics. 

 Their Authenticity considered. Decoy Pond. A Barn Traveling. 

 Excursion to Salem. Museum. Warrants for Execution of Witches. 

 Causes of the Persecution. Conversation with Colored Abolitionists. 

 Comparative Capacity of White and Negro Races. Half Breeds and 

 Hybrid Intellects. 



Oct. 15, 1845. AFTER spending a day in Boston, we set 

 out by stage for Plymouth, Massachusetts, thirty-eight miles in 

 a southwest direction, for I wished to see the spot where the 

 Pilgrim Fathers landed, and where the first colony was founded 

 in New England. In the suburbs of Boston we went through 

 gome fine streets called the South Cove, the houses built on piles, 

 where I had seen a marsh only three years ago. It Avas a bright 

 day. and, as we skirted the noble bay, tho deep blue sea was seen 

 enlivened with the white sails of vessels laden with granite from 

 the quarries of Quincy, a village through which we soon after 

 ward passed. 



When we had journeyed eighteen miles into the country I 

 was told we were in Adams-street, and afterward, when in a 

 winding lane with trees on each side, and without a house in 

 sight, that we were in Washington-street. But nothing could 

 surprise me again after having been told one day in New Hamp 

 shire, when seated on a rock in the midst of the wild woods, far 

 from any dwelling, that I was in the exact center of the town. 



; God made the country, and man mado the town,&quot; 

 sang the poet Cowper : and I can well imagine how the village 

 pupils must be puzzled until the meaning of this verse has been 

 expounded to them by the schoolmaster. 



On the whole, the scenery of the low granitic- region bordering 

 the Atlantic in New England preserves a uniform character over 

 a wide space, and is without striking features ; yet occasionally 

 the landscape is most agreeable. At one time we skirted a 



