CHAPTER II 
CAPE ANN 
Er ever a land bore the impress of the sea, 
that land is Cape Ann. It is dominated 
by the sea as by a vast and mysterious pre- 
sence. Its hemlock swamps, its pine woods, 
its boulder-strewn pastures are all under this 
spell of the ocean gods. The storm and pas- 
sion of the sea have left their indelible mark 
upon the granite shore. Here two forces 
forever contend; the sea restless, passionate, 
feline; the granite, grim, ponderous, inert. 
This ceaseless contest, this ever-present neces- 
sity of confronting the sea, shows itself as 
well in the faces of the fisherfolk which have 
become like granite. The bewitching sea 
lures them all their days; it croons their cradle 
song; it chants their requiem. The sea is 
their life and the sea is their death. 
So if you go down to Cape Ann you shall 
come under the mighty spell of the sea and 
you shall feel it not alone on the weathered 
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