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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. 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
ft, Duxbury Beach comes down, and ends in the promontory which holds the Gurnet Lights. Clarke's Island--already so named--lies as it does to-day, but save for these main topographical outlines the Plymouth at which we are looking in our imagination would be quite unrecognizable to us. There is a little row of houses--seven of them--that is all. Log cabins, two-roomed, of the crudest build, thatched with wildgrass, the chinks between the logs filled with clay, the floors made of split logs; lighted at night with pieces of pitch pine. Each lot measures three rods long and a rod and a half wide, and they run on either side of the single street (the first laid out in New England, 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 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. IGHT OPPOSITE THEM ON THE LEFT DUXBURY BEACH COMES DOWN AND ENDS IN THE PROMONTORY WHICH HOLDS THE GARNET LIGHTS CLARK'S ISLAND ALREADY SO NAMED LIES AS IT DOES TO DAY BUT SAVE FOR THESE MAIN TOPOGRAPHICAL OUTLINES THE PLYMOUTH AT WHICH WE ARE LOOKING IN OUR IMAGINATION WOULD BE QUITE UNRECOGNIZABLE TO US THERE IS A LITTLE ROW OF HOUSES SEVEN OF THEM THAT IS ALL LOG CABINS TWO ROOMED OF THE CRUDEST BUILD THATCHED WITH WILD GRASS THE CHINKS BETWEEN THE LOGS FILLED WITH CLAY THE FLOORS MADE OF SPLIT LOGS LIGHTED AT NIGHT WITH PIECES OF PITCH PINE EACH LOT MEASURES THREE RODS LONG AND A ROD AND A HALF WIDE AND THEY RUN ON EITHER SIDE OF THE SINGLE STREET THE FIRST LAID OUT IN NEW ENGLAND 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
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