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They may see the scaffolding of the great shipyards latticing themselves against the sky, and the granite quarries against the hills. THEY MAY SEE THE SCAFFOLDING OF THE GREAT SHIP YARDS LATTICING THEMSELVES AGAINST THE SKY AND THE GRANITE QUARRIES AGAINST THE HILLS
 be built would never have pleased him as well as his own canoe; the granite buildings would have stifled him; and the zealous Adamses and the high-minded Quincys and Sewalls and all the rest would have bored him horribly. Probably the only item in the whole history of Quincy which would have appealed to Wampatuck in the least would have been the floating down on a raft of the old Hollis Street Church of Boston, to become the Union Church of Weymouth and Braintree in 1810. This and the similar transportation of the Bowditch house from Beacon Street in Boston to Quincy a couple of years later would have fascinated the red man, as the recital of the feat fascinates us to-day. Those who care to learn more of Quincy will do well to read the autobiography of Charles Francis Adams and "The Education of Henry Adams." Those who care more for places than for descriptions of them may wander at will, finding beneath the surface of the modern city many landmarks of the old city which underlies it. O BE BUILT WOULD NEVER HAVE PLEASED HIM AS WELL AS HIS OWN CANOE THE GRANITE BUILDINGS WOULD HAVE STIFLED HIM AND THE ZEALOUS ADAMSES AND THE HIGH MINDED QUINCES AND SOULS AND ALL THE REST WOULD HAVE BORED HIM HORRIBLY PROBABLY THE ONLY ITEM IN THE WHOLE HISTORY OF QUINCY WHICH WOULD HAVE APPEALED TO WAMPA TUCK IN THE LEAST WOULD HAVE BEEN THE FLOATING DOWN ON A RAFT OF THE OLD HOLLIS STREET CHURCH OF BOSTON TO BECOME THE UNION CHURCH OF WEYMOUTH AND BRAINTREY IN EIGHTEEN TEN THIS AND THE SIMILAR TRANSPORTATION OF THE BOWDITCH HOUSE FROM BEACON STREET AND BOSTON TO QUINSY A COUPLE YEARS LATER WOULD HAVE FASCINATED THE RED MAN AS THE RECITAL OF THE FEAT FASCINATES US TO DAY THOSE OF US WHO CARE TO LEARN MORE OF QUINSY WILL DO WELL TO READ THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS AND THE EDUCATION OF HENRY ADAMS THOSE WHO CARE MORE FOR PLACES THAN FOR DESCRIPTIONS OF THEM MAY WANDER AT WILL FINDING BENEATH THE SURFACE OF THE MODERN CITY MANY LANDMARKS OF THE OLD CITY WHICH UNDERLIES IT
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