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in fashion like a sickel or fish hook." IN FASHION LIKE A SICKLE OR FISH HOOK
has come to symbolize the corner-stone of the United States as a nation, and symbols are the most beautiful and the most enduring expression of any national or human experience. It is estimated that over one hundred thousand visitors come to Plymouth annually. They all go to see the Rock; most of them clamber up to the quaint Burial Hill and read a few of the oldest inscriptions; they glance at the National Monument to the forefathers, bearing the largest granite figure in the world, and they take a turn through Pilgrim Hall. But there is one place they often forget to see, and that is the harbor itself. We began our tour through Plymouth through the eyes of a Pilgrim man and maid watching the departing Mayflower. It was the Mayflower, battered and beaten, her sails blackened and mended, her leaks hastily caulked, which was the first vessel to sail into Plymouth Harbor--a harbor so joyfully described as being a "most hopeful place" with "innumerable store of fowl and excellent good ... ADFUL PLYMOUTH ROCK HAS COME TO SYMBOLIZE THE CORNERSTONE OF THE UNITED STATES AS A NATION AND SYMBOLS ARE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND THE MOST ENDURING EXPRESSION OF ANY NATIONAL OR HUMAN EXPERIENCE IT IS ESTIMATED THAT OVER ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND VISITORS COME TO PLYMOUTH ANNUALLY THEY ALL TO GO TO SEE THE ROCK MOST OF THEM CLAMBER UP TO THE QUAINT BURIAL HILL AND READ A FEW OF THE OLDEST INSCRIPTIONS THEY GLANCE AT THE NATIONAL MONUMENT TO THE FOREFATHERS BEARING THE LARGEST GRANITE FIGURE IN THE WORLD AND THEY TAKE A TURN THROUGH PILGRIM HALL BUT THERE IS ONE PLACE THEY OFTEN FORGET TO SEE AND THAT IS THE HARBOUR ITSELF WE BEGAN OUR TOUR THROUGH PLYMOUTH THROUGH THE EYES OF A PILGRIM MAN AND MADE WATCHING THE DEPARTING MAYFLOWER IT WAS THE MAYFLOWER BATTERED AND BEATEN HER SAILS BLACKENED AND MENDED HER LEAKS HASTILY CALKED WHICH WAS THE FIRST VESSEL TO SAIL INTO PLYMOUTH HARBOR A HARBOUR SO JOYFULLY DESCRIBED AS BEING A MOST HOPEFUL PLACE WITH INNUMERABLE STORE OF FOUL AND EXCELLENT GOOD
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