Öö TUE RETROSPECT OF TUE TEAR. 



tarried at the Samoset House and returned on Saturday 

 in the afternoon. The attractive objects : " The national 

 monument to the forefathers," which Stands eighty-one 

 feet from the ground, not finished ; Pilgrim Hall, built 

 in 1824, rebuiltin 1880 by the Hberality of Joseph Henry 

 Stickney, Esq., of Baltimore, Md., containing many 

 relics bronght over by the Pilgrims, and several large 

 and striking paintings, representing the landing and ideas 

 connected therewith ; Plymouth Rock returned to the 

 original spot and now covered by a solid granite canopy of 

 elaborate architectural design ; Burial Hill and other 

 places of interest, were visited by some of the party. 



Thursday, Aug. 3, 1882. Atrip along the North Shore 

 to Pigeon Cove in the steamer General Bartlett, Capt. 

 J. O. Davis, Commander. The party landed at the Cove 

 and spent about an hour ashore, then across the bay to 

 Swampscott and along the Marblehead shore to the place 

 of departure. 



Wednesday, Sept. 6, 1882. A party left for an excur- 

 sion to ihe summit of Mount Moosilauke. A special car 

 direct from Salem to Plymouth, N. H., without change, 

 thence to the village of Warren, where the mountain 

 ascent ismade on buckboards or in vvagons, to the breezy 

 Point House, a bright roomy hotel with broad piazzas and 

 a wide view of the unbroken forest, then to the Tip Top 

 House. This hotel, as well as the Breezy Point House, 

 will be found in all respects comfortable, while the moun- 

 tain scenery is unsurpassed. Returned on Saturday the 

 ninth. 



PuBLiCATiONS havc been issued as heretofore : the 

 Bulletin, Vol. xiv, and the Historical Collections, Vol. 

 xix. The exchange list, with fevv exceptions, continues 

 the same as last year. 



