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sex Fells, contains some of the finest natural scenery in the 

 eastern part of the State. These rocky hills, crowned 

 with a growth of pines, cedars, oaks and other characteristic 

 trees, intersected by running streams with here and there 

 miniature cascades and occasional reedy fens, together form 

 a succession of delightfully picturesque scenes of rugged 

 beauty. Woodlands interspersed with open spaces, fresh- 

 water meadows, towns, villages and farming lands extend to 

 the northern and western boundaries of the infested reajion. 

 Nearly all of the southern portion of this region is occupied 

 by Boston and its adjacent cities. 



The situation of the tow^ns and cities of the infested 

 region, and their relative positions, may be seen by reference 

 to the map. A large proportion of the population of Mas- 

 sachusetts is contained within this district.* Boston and 

 the cities in its immediate vicinity lie in or near the Charles 

 and Mystic valleys. It will be seen that Somerville, Cam- 

 bridge, Chelsea, Maiden, Medford, Everett and Waltham 

 are all cities lying in the immediate neighborhood of Boston. 

 Along the shore to the north-east are Lynn, Salem and Bev- 

 erly. Woburn is the only city in the north-western part of 

 the district. 



The following cities and towns are comprised within the 

 territory which is or has been infested : Arlington, Belmont, 

 Beverly, Boston, Burlington, Cambridge, Chelsea, Danvers, 

 Everett, Lexington, Lynn, Lynnfield, Maiden, Marblehead, 

 Medford, Melrose, Nahant, Peabody, Reading, Revere, Sa- 

 lem, Saugus, Somerville, Stoneham, Swampscott, Wakefield, 

 Waltham, Watertown, Winchester, Winthrop and Woburn. 



The larger portion of the region infested by the gypsy 

 moth lies north of Boston. Boston's avenues of communica- 

 tion to the north and east and in part to the west run through 

 it. The main lines of the eastern and western divisions of 

 the Boston & Maine Railroad pass through the infested 

 district but east of its centre. Several branch lines lead to 

 or through difierent parts of the district. Two lines run 

 from Boston to Medford, —the Medford branch, ending in 



* By the State census taken in 1895 (first connt) the population of the cities and 

 towns of the district infested by the gypsy moth is 963,159. 



