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form the object of his visits. But to describe it 

 more particularly. Having proceeded about a 

 quarter of a mile, or it may be nearer a half, from 

 the landing place, (which by the way is that point 

 we have previously mentioned as being the second 

 best,) along the fringed upland which skirts the 

 marsh, we come to a gently sweeping curve of the 

 grassy shore ; on the other side there is a similar x 

 curve or swell of the bay, both of which, inclining 

 together towards the extremity, form the celebra- 

 ted spot of which we are now speaking. It is a 

 few hundred feet from the upland to the end of 

 the point, which at low water particularly, is a 

 mere sand bank, and upon which there is no other 

 vegetable growth to be seen except the coarse, 

 rank beach grass, so peculiar to the sterile shores 

 " of the stormy Cape Cod." 



The distance between high and low water mark 

 upon the point, is but a very few feet ; indeed, 

 the tides in these land-locked bays are so much 

 governed by the force and direction of the winds 

 that it is frequently difficult to tell whether 

 it is high or low, rising or falling ; in moderate 

 weather, however, there can be no doubt, and the 

 calculation of high water in this bay, is about two 

 hours later than the almanac. At low water, 

 there is a wading-place from near the point to the 

 opposite shore which forms one side of " Child's 



