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Although Hingham was early divided up among the pioneers, the marshes were kept undivided for the use of the whole settlement. ALTHOUGH HINGHAM WAS EARLY DIVIDED AMONG THE PIONEERS THE MARSHES WERE KEPT UNDIVIDED FOR THE USE OF THE WHOLE SETTLEMENT
 the needs which the early settlers were quick to feel was open land which would serve as pasturage for their cattle. With forests pressing down upon them from the rear, and a barrier of granite in front of them, the problem of grazing-lands was important. The Hingham settlement at Bare Cove (Cohasset was part of Hingham originally) found the solution in the acres of open marshland which stretched to the east. Cohasset to-day may ask where so much grazing-land lay within her borders. By comparison with the old maps and surveying figures, we find that many acres, now covered with the water of Little Harbor and lying within the sandbar at Pleasant Beach, are counted as old grazing-lands. These, with the sweep of what is now the "Glades," furnished abundant pasturage for neighboring cattle and brought the Hingham settlers quickly to Cohasset meadows. Thus it happens that the first history of Cohasset is the history of this common pasturage--"Commons," as it was known in the old histories. D PIONEER LIFE ONE OF THE NEEDS WHICH THE EARLY SETTLERS WERE QUICK TO FEEL WAS OPEN LAND WHICH WOULD SERVE AS PASTURAGE FOR THEIR CATTLE WITH FORCE PRESSING DOWN UPON THEM FROM THE REAR AND A BARRIER OF GRANITE IN FRONT OF THEM THE PROBLEM OF GRAZING LANDS WAS IMPORTANT THE HINGHAM SETTLEMENT OF BEAR COVE COHASIT WAS PART OF HINGHAM ORIGINALLY FOUND THE SOLUTION IN THE ACRES OF OPEN MARSHLAND WHICH STRETCHED TO THE EAST COHASIT TO DAY MAY ASK WHERE SO MUCH GRACING LAND LAY WITHIN HER BORDERS BY COMPARISON WITH THE OLD MAPS AND SURVEYING FIGURES WE FIND THAT MANY ACRES NOW COVERED WITH THE WATER OF A LITTLE HARBOUR AND LYING WITHIN THE SAND BAR AT PLEASANT BEACH ARE COUNTED AS OLD GRAZING LANDS THESE WITH THE SWEEP OF WHAT IS NOW THE GLADES FURNISH ABUNDANT PASTURAGE FOR NEIGHBORING CATTLE AND BROUGHT THE HINGHAM SETTLERS QUICKLY TO COHASSACK MEADOWS THUS IT HAPPENS THAT THE FIRST HISTORY OF COHASSACK IS THE HISTORY OF THIS COMMON PASTURAGE COMMENTS AS IT WAS KNOWN IN THE OLD HISTORIES
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