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And yet  not entirely. There are a few things left in the Plymouth of to day which were in the Plymouth of three hundred years ago. AND YET NOT ENTIRELY THERE ARE FEW THINGS LEFT IN THE PLYMOUTH OF TO DAY WHICH WERE IN THE PLYMOUTH OF THREE HUNDRED YEARS AGO
o be known as Leyden Street), which, in its turn, is parallel to the Town Brook. There is no glass in these cabin windows: oiled paper suffices; the household implements are of the fewest. The most primitive modern camping expedition is replete with luxuries of which this colony knows nothing. They have no cattle of any kind, which means no milk or butter; they have no poultry or eggs. Twenty-six acres of cultivated ground--twenty-one of corn, the other five of wheat, rye, and barley--have been quite enough for the twenty-one men and six boys (all who were well enough to work) to handle, but it is not a great deal to feed them all. At one end of the street stands the common house, twenty feet square, where the church services are held; the store-house is near the head of the pier; and at the top of what is now Burial Hill is the timber fort, twenty by twenty, built the January before by Myles Standish. In April, 1621, this is all there is to what is now the prosperous town of Plymouth. ND AND EVER AFTERWARD TO BE KNOWN AS LEYDEN STREET WHICH IN ITS TURN IS PARALLEL TO THE TOWN BROOK THERE IS NO GLASS IN THESE CABIN WINDOWS OILED PAPERS SUFFICES THE HOUSEHOLD IMPLEMENTS ARE OF THE FEWEST THE MOST PRIMITIVE MODERN CAMPING EXPEDITION IS REPLETE WITH LUXURIES OF WHICH THIS COLONY KNOWS NOTHING THEY HAVE NO CATTLE OF ANY KIND WHICH MEANS NO MILK OR BUTTER THEY HAVE NO POULTRY OR EGGS TWENTY SIX ACRES OF CULTIVATED GROUND TWENTY ONE OF CORN THE OTHER FIVE OF WHEAT RYE AND BARLEY HAVE BEEN QUITE ENOUGH FOR THE TWENTY ONE MEN AND SIX BOYS ALL WHO WERE WELL ENOUGH TO WORK TO HANDLE BUT IT IS NOT A GREAT DEAL TO FEED THEM ALL AT ONE END OF THE STREET STANDS A COMMON HOUSE TWENTY FEET SQUARE WHERE THE CHURCH SERVICES ARE HELD THE STOREHOUSE IS NEAR THE HEAD OF THE PIER AND AT THE TOP OF WHAT IS NOW BURIAL HILL IS THE TIMBER FORT TWENTY BY TWENTY BUILT JANUARY BEFORE BY MILES STANDISH IN APRIL SIXTEEN TWENTY ONE THIS IS ALL THERE IS TO WHAT IS NOW THE PROSPEROUS TOWN OF PLYMOUTH
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