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Saul's Hills. 

 Saul's Hills are situated easterly from the town about 

 four and a half miles. Macy's and Folger's Hills are 

 the highest of the range or group, the former being 

 the highest point of land on the island. Dr. Ewer on 

 his map gives the height of Macy's Hill at ninety- 

 one feet. It is probable they took their name from 

 u Old Saul, who was a very stern-looking old man, and 

 one of the most respectable Indians in Wanochma- 

 mock's bounds." The geologist or botanist will be 

 well repaid if they care to stroll for a day over these 

 hills. Although the height of Macy's Hill is given on 

 Dr. Ewer's map at ninety-one feet, it is probably 

 nearer a hundred ; for it is known to be higher than 

 Sancoty Head, which is certainly over ninety feet. 



Schools. 

 Bee Coffin School. 

 For more than fifty years Nantucket has been noted 

 for the excellence of her schools. Very many emi- 

 nent men and women have received their early educa- 

 tion here, among them lawyers, doctors, clergymen, 

 and school teachers ; many of the latter are now teach- 

 ing in some of our large cities. There are to-day 

 eleven public schools and one private school, with an 

 average attendance of quite four hundred and fifty 

 pupils, requiring the services of seventeen teachers. 

 About $5,000 annually are now expended on the pub- 

 lic schools of the island, Tuckernuck included; there 

 being a school at the latter island, also at Maddequet, 

 Polpis, and 'Sconset. 



