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The Hingham settlement at Bare Cove (Cohasset was part of Hingham originally) found the solution in the acres of open marshland which stretched to the east. Cohasset to day may ask where so much grazing land lay within her borders. By comparison with the old maps and surveying figures, we find that many acres, now covered with the water of Little Harbor and lying within the sandbar at Pleasant Beach, are counted as old grazing lands. THE HINGHAM SETTLEMENT OF BEAR COVE COHASIT WAS PART OF HINGHAM ORIGINALLY FOUND THE SOLUTION IN THE ACRES OF OPEN MARSHLAND WHICH STRETCHED TO THE EAST COHASIT TO DAY MAY ASK WHERE SO MUCH GRACING LAND LAY WITHIN HER BORDERS BY COMPARISON WITH THE OLD MAPS AND SURVEYING FIGURES WE FIND THAT MANY ACRES NOW COVERED WITH THE WATER OF A LITTLE HARBOUR AND LYING WITHIN THE SAND BAR AT PLEASANT BEACH ARE COUNTED AS OLD GRAZING LANDS
lways seem, to those who followed it most closely, as belonging peculiarly to Cohasset. A famous Cohasset rigger made the model for the derrick which was used to raise the stones; the massive granite blocks were teamed by one whose proud boast it was that he had never had occasion to shift a stone twice; a Cohasset man captained the first vessel to carry the stone to the ledge, and another assisted in the selection of the stone. It is difficult to turn one's eyes away from the spectacular beauty of the Cohasset shore, but magnificent as these ledges are, and glittering with infinite romance, yet, rather curiously, it is on the limpid surface of the marshes that we read the most significant episodes of Colonial and pioneer life. One of the needs which the early settlers were quick to feel was open land which would serve as pasturage for their cattle. With forests pressing down upon them from the rear, and a barrier of granite in front of them, the problem of grazing-lands was important.  STATES YET IT MUST ALWAYS SEEM TO THOSE WHO FOLLOWED IT MOST CLOSELY AS BELONGING PECULIARLY TO COHASSIT A FAMOUS COHASSIT RIGGER MADE THE MODEL FOR THE DERRICK WHICH WAS USED TO RAISE THE STONES THE MASSIVE GRANITE BLOCKS WERE TEEMED BY ONE WHOSE PROUD BOAST IT WAS THAT HE HAD NEVER HAD OCCASION TO SHIFT A STONE TWICE A COHASSIC MAN CAPTAINED THE FIRST VESSEL TO CARRY THE STONE TO THE LEDGE AND ANOTHER ASSISTED IN THE SELECTION OF THE STONE IT IS DIFFICULT TO TURN ONE'S EYES AWAY FROM THE SPECTACULAR BEAUTY OF THE COHSIC SHORE BUT MAGNIFICENT AS THESE LEDGES ARE AND GLITTERING WITH INFINITE ROMANCE YET RATHER CURIOUSLY IT IS ON THE LIMPID SURFACE OF THE MARSHES THAT WE READ THE MOST SIGNIFICANT EPISODES OF COLONIAL AND PIONEER LIFE ONE OF THE NEEDS WHICH THE EARLY SETTLERS WERE QUICK TO FEEL WAS OPEN LAND WHICH WOULD SERVE AS PASTURAGE FOR THEIR CATTLE WITH FORCE PRESSING DOWN UPON THEM FROM THE REAR AND A BARRIER OF GRANITE IN FRONT OF THEM THE PROBLEM OF GRAZING LANDS WAS IMPORTANT
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