390 HOLLICK 



August 1 2th a horse and wagon was placed at my disposal, 

 by which means I was enabled to drive through Naushon, from 

 end to end, under the guidance of Mr. Frederick H. Lambert, 

 the overseer, and to reach Pasque by rowboat on the same day, 

 where the Pasque Island Club extended its privileges to me. 



August 13th was devoted to an exploration of Pasque on 

 foot, after which a sailboat was provided on which I was trans- 

 ported to Nashaweena, where I was received as the guest of Cap- 

 tain John E. Johnson, the representative of the owner. 



August 14th was spent on horseback, under the guidance of 

 Captain Johnson, traversing the shore line of Nashawena, with 

 occasional diversions inland. 



August 1 5th was occupied in sailing to Penikese, where about 

 three hours were given to an examination of the island on foot, 

 and thence, again by sailboat, to Cuttyhunk, where I was the 

 guest of the Cuttyhunk Club. 



The remainder of the 15th and part of the i6th of August 

 were utilized in field work on Cuttyhunk, after which the regu- 

 lar steamboat was taken to New Bedford. 



DESCRIPTION OF THE ISLANDS 



[Map, Plate XV.] 



Naushon 



This island, owned by the Forbes family, is the largest of the 

 group, having a length of about eight miles and averaging about 

 one and one-half mile in width. Uncatina and Nonamessett 

 are joined with it by means of causeways. It is the only one 

 from which the trees have not been removed, and, fortunately, 

 those who have been in possession since the early days — the 

 Winthrops, Swaynes, Bowdoins and Forbes — have keenly ap- 

 preciated the beauty of natural surroundings and in consequence 

 the larger part of the island is yet covered by a forest growth of 

 primeval wildness, which is jealously preserved from either the 

 destructive attacks of the utilitarian or the conventionalizing of 

 the landscape architect. Even the few roads, which of necessity 



