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The old Custom House where Hawthorne unwillingly plodded through his enforced routine is here, and near it the new Custom House rears its tower four hundred and ninety eight feet above the sidewalk, a beacon from both land and sea. THE OLD CUSTOM HOUSE WHERE HAWTHORN UNWILLINGLY PLODDED THROUGH HIS ENFORCED ROUTINE IS HERE AND NEAR IT THE NEW CUSTOM HOUSE REARS ITS TOWER FOUR HUNDRED AND NINETY EIGHT FEET ABOVE THE SIDEWALK A BEACON FROM BOTH LAND AND SEA
 sights and smells you can step from Faneuil Hall down to a region permeated with the flavor of salt and the sound of shipping, a region of both ancient tradition and present activity. Here is India Wharf, its seven-story yellow-brick building once so tremendously significant of Boston's shipping prosperity; Long Wharf, so named because when it was built it was the longest in the country, and bore a battery at its end; Central Wharf, with its row of venerable stone warehouses; T Wharf, immensely picturesque with its congestion of craft of all descriptions; Commercial Wharf, where full-rigged sailing vessels which traded with China and India and the Cape of Good Hope were wont to anchor a hundred years ago. All this region is crammed with the paraphernalia of a typical water-front: curious little shops where sailors' supplies are sold; airy lofts where sails are cut and stitched and repaired; fish stores of all descriptions; sailors' haunts, awaiting the pen of an American Thomas Burke. IF YOU ARE FOND OF WATER SIGHTS AND SMELLS YOU CAN STEP FROM FANNIEL HALL DOWN TO A REGION PERMEATED WITH THE FLAVOR OF SALT AND THE SOUND OF SHIPPING A REGION OF BOTH ANCIENT TRADITION AND PRESENT ACTIVITY HERE IS INDIA WHARF ITS SEVEN STORY YELLOW BRICK BUILDING ONCE SO TREMENDOUSLY SIGNIFICANT OF BOSTON'S SHIPPING PROSPERITY LONGHORF SO NAMED BECAUSE WHEN IT WAS BUILT IT WAS THE LONGEST IN THE COUNTRY AND BORE A BATTERY AT ITS END CENTRAL WHARF WITH ITS ROW OF VENERABLE STONE WAREHOUSES T WHARF IMMENSELY PICTURESQUE WITH ITS CONGESTION OF CRAFT OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS COMMERCIAL WHARF WHERE FULL RIGGED SAILING VESSELS WHICH TRADED WITH CHINA AND INDIA AND THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE WERE WONT TO ANCHOR A HUNDRED YEARS AGO ALL THIS REGION IS CRAMMED WITH THE PARAPHERNALIA OF A TYPICAL WATER FRONT CURIOUS LITTLE SHOPS WHERE SAILORS SUPPLIES ARE SOLD AIRY LOFTS WHERE SAILS ARE CUT AND STITCHED AND REPAIRED FISH DOORS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS SAILORS HAUNTS AWAITING THE PEN OF AN AMERICAN THOMAS BURKE
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