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ham is called Nauset Beach, and off Wellfleet and Truro 
the Backside, or sometimes, perhaps. Cape Cod Beach, 
I think that part which extends without interruption 
from Nauset Harbor to Kace Point should be called 
Cape Cod Beach, and do so speak of it. 
One of the most attractive points for visitors is in 
the northeast part of Wellfleet, where accommodations 
(I mean for men and women of tolerable health and 
habits) could probably be had within half a mile of the 
sea-shore. It best combines the country and the sea¬ 
side. Though the Ocean is out of sight, its faintest mur¬ 
mur is audible, and you have only to climb a hill to find 
yourself on its brink. It is but a step from the glassy 
surface of the Herring Ponds to the big Atlantic Pond 
where the waves never cease to break. Or perhaps the 
Highland Light in Truro may compete with this locality, 
for there there is a more uninterrupted view of the 
Ocean and the Bay, and in the summer there is always 
some air stirring on the edge of the bank there, so that 
the inhabitants know not what hot weather is. As for 
the view, the keeper of the light, with one or more of 
his family, walks out to the edge of the bank after every 
meal to look off, just as if they had not lived there all 
their days. In short, it will wear well. And what pic¬ 
ture will you substitute for that, upon your walls ? But 
ladies cannot get down the bank there at present without 
the aid of a block and tackle. 
Most persons visit the sea-side in warm weather, 
when fogs are frequent, and the atmosphere is wont to 
be thick, and the charm of the sea is to some extent lost. 
But I suspect that the fall is the best season, for then the 
atmosphere is more transparent, and it is a greater 
pleasure to look out over the sea. The clear and bracing 
