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There does not seem to be any particular suggestion of the land of the Pharaohs and present day Egypt, but tradition explains that as follows: Old Squire Perce had accumulated a store of grain in case of drought, and when the drought came and the men hurried to him to buy corn, he greeted them with "Well, boys, so you've come down to Egypt to buy corn." THERE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE ANY PARTICULAR SUGGESTION OF THE LAND OF THE PHAROS IN PRESENT DAY EGYPT BUT TRADITION EXPLAINS THAT AS FOLLOWS OLD SQUIRE PURS HAD ACCUMULATED A STORE OF GRAIN IN CASE OF DROUGHT AND WHEN THE DROUGHT CAME AND THE MEN HURRIED TO HIM TO BUY CORN HE GREETED THEM WITH WELL BOYS SO YOU'VE COME DOWN TO EGYPT TO BUY CORN
f barbarous jolting in two-wheeled, springless ox carts to make the trip. Even if a man had a horse the journey was cruelly tedious, for there were only a few stretches where the horse could go faster than a walk--and the way was pock-marked with boulders and mudholes. With no stage-coach before 1815, and being off the highway between Plymouth and Boston, it is small wonder that the early Cohasset folk either walked or went by sea to Hingham and thence to Boston. It has been suggested that the "keeper of young cattle at Coneyhassett," who drove his herd over from Hingham, was moved either by piety or sarcasm to give the trail its present arresting name. However, as the herdsman did not take this route, but the back road through Turkey Meadows, it is more probable that some visitors, who detected a resemblance between this section of the country and the Holy Land, were responsible for the christening of this road and also of the Sea of Galilee--which last has almost dropped into disuse. URS OF BARBAROUS JOLTING AND TWO WHEELED SPRINGLESS OX CARTS TO MAKE THE TRIP EVEN IF A MAN HAD A HORSE THE JOURNEY WAS CRUELLY TEDIOUS FOR THERE WERE ONLY A FEW STRETCHES WHERE THE HORSE COULD GO FASTER THAN A WALK AND THE WAY WAS POCKMARKED WITH BOULDERS AND MUD HOLES WITH NO STAGE COACH BEFORE EIGHTEEN FIFTEEN AND BEING OFF THE HIGHWAY BETWEEN PLYMOUTH AND BOSTON IT IS SMALL WONDER THAT THE EARLY COHESSANT FOLK EITHER WALKED OR WENT BY SEA TO HINGHAM AND THENCE TO BOSTON IT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED THAT THE KEEPER OF YOUNG CATTLE AT CONNIE HASSET WHO DROVE HIS HERD OVER FROM HINGHAM WAS MOVED EITHER BY PIETY OR SARCASM TO GIVE THE TRAIL ITS PRESENT ARRESTING NAME HOWEVER AS THE HERDSMAN DID NOT TAKE THIS ROUTE BUT THE BACK ROAD THROUGH TURKEY MEADOWS IT IS MORE PROBABLE THAT SOME VISITORS WHO DETECTED A RESEMBLANCE BETWEEN THIS SECTION OF THE COUNTRY AND THE HOLY LAND WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CHRISTENING OF THIS ROAD AND ALSO OF THE SEA OF GALILEE WHICH LAST HAS ALMOST DROPPED INTO DISUSE
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