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large/8677/old_coast_road_1402_librivox_64kb_mp3/oldcoastroad_07_edwards_64kb
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And, after all, the sea is right. It is along the shore that one sees Scituate most truly. Here the characteristic industry of mossing is still carried on in primitive fashion. AND AFTER ALL THE SEA IS RIGHT IT IS ALONG THE SHORE THAT ONE SEES SITUATE MOST TRULY HERE THE CHARACTERISTIC INDUSTRY OF MOSSING IS STILL CARRIED ON IN PRIMITIVE FASHION
 should demand some portion of dry land as well. These men of Kent were not mermen, able to live in and on the water indefinitely, but decidedly gallant fellows, rather more courtly than their neighbors, and more polished than the race which succeeded them. Gilson, Vassal, Hatherly, Cudworth, Tilden, Hoar, Foster, Stedman, and Hinckley had all been accustomed to the elegancies of life in England as their names testify. The first land they used was on the cliffs, for it had already been improved by Indian planting; then the salt marshes, covered with a natural crop of grass, and then the mellow intervales near the river. When the sea was forced to the regretful realization that she could not monopolize the entire attention of her fellows, she was persuaded to yield up some very excellent fertilizer in the way of seaweed. But she still nags away at the cliffs and shore, and proclaims with every flaunting wave and ripple that it is the water, not the land, which makes Scituate what it is. NT WHO SETTLED THE TOWN SHOULD DEMAND SOME PORTION OF DRY LAND AS WELL THESE MEN OF KENT WERE NOT MERE MEN ABLE TO LIVE IN AND ON THE WATER INDEFINITELY BUT DECIDEDLY GALLANT FELLOWS RATHER MORE COURTLY THAN THEIR NEIGHBOURS AND MORE POLISHED THAN THE RACE WHICH SUCCEEDED THEM GILSON VASSAL HATHERLEY CUDWORTH TILDEN HORE FOSTERN STEDMAN AND HINCLEY HAD ALL BEEN ACCUSTOMED TO THE ELEGANCIES OF LIFE IN ENGLAND AS THEIR NAMES TESTIFY THE FIRST LAND THEY USED WAS ON THE CLIFFS FOR IT HAD ALREADY BEEN IMPROVED BY INDIAN PLANTING THEN THE SALT MARSHES COVERED WITH A NATURAL CROP OF GRASS AND THEN THE MELLOW INTERVALES NEAR THE RIVER WHEN THE SEA WAS FORCED TO THE REGRETFUL REALIZATION THAT SHE COULD NOT MONOPOLIZE THE ENTIRE ATTENTION OF HER FELLOWS SHE WAS PERSUADED TO YIELD UP SOME VERY EXCELLENT FERTILIZER IN THE WAY OF SEAWEED BUT SHE STILL NAGS AWAY AT THE CLIFFS AND SHORE AND PROCLAIMS WITH EVERY FLAUNTING WAVE AND RIPPLE THAT IT IS THE WATER NOT THE LAND WHICH MAKES SITUATE WHAT IT IS
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