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Scituate life has always been along the shore. It is from the shore that coot shooting used to furnish a livelihood to many a Scituate man, and still lures the huntsmen in the fine fall weather. It is the peculiar formation of the shore which has developed a small, clinker built boat, and made the town famous for day fishing. SITUATE LIFE HAS ALWAYS BEEN ALONG THE SHORE IT IS FROM THE SHORE THAT COOT SHOOTING USED TO FURNISH A LIVELIHOOD TO MANY A SITUATE MAN AND STILL LURES THE HUNTSMEN IN THE FINE FALL WEATHER IT IS THE PECULIAR FORMATION OF THE SHORE WHICH HAS DEVELOPED A SMALL CLINKER BUILT BOAT AND MADE THE TOWN FAMOUS FOR DAY FISHING
 assembling for six wars. It makes Cohasset seem venerable, indeed, when one thinks of the march of American history. But to the tawny ledges, tumbling out to sea, these three hundred years are as but a day; for the story of the stones, like the story of the stars, is measured in terms of milliards. To such immemorial keepers of the coast the life of man is a brief tale that is soon told, and fades as swiftly as the fading leaf. [Illustration] FOOTNOTES: [1] For much of this chapter I am indebted to my friend Alice C. Hyde. CHAPTER VII THE SCITUATE SHORE [Illustration] Scituate is different: different from Cohasset, with its superbly bold coast and its fashionable folk; different from Hingham, with its air of settled inland dignity. Scituate has a quaintness, a casualness, the indescribable air of a land's-end spot. The fine houses in Scituate are refreshingly free from pretension; the winds that have twisted the trees into Rackham-like grotesques have blown away falsity and formality.  CHAPTER SEVEN OF THE OLD COAST ROAD FROM BOSTON TO PLYMOUTH BY AGNES EDWARDS THIS LIVER BOX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN RECORDING BY K HAND CHAPTER SEVEN THE SITUATE SHORE SITUATE IS DIFFERENT DIFFERENT FROM COHASIT WITH ITS SUPERBLY BOLD COAST AND ITS FASHIONABLE FOLK DIFFERENT FROM HINGHAM WITH ITS AIR OF SETTLED INLAND DIGNITY SITUATE HAS A QUAINTNESS A CASUALNESS THE INDESCRIBABLE AIR OF A LAND'S END SPOT THE FINE HOUSES AND SITUATE ARE REFRESHINGLY FREE FROM PRETENSION THE WINDS THAT HAVE TWISTED THE TREES INTO RACKUM LIKE GROTESQUES HAVE BLOWN AWAY FALSITY AND FORMALITY
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