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Failing of this high calling he did some serviceable work in discovering and describing many of the inlets on the coast of New England. Among these inlets Cohasset acted her part as hostess to the famous navigator and staged a small and vivid encounter with the aborigines. FAILING OF THIS HIGH CALLING HE DID SOME SERVICEABLE WORK IN THE DISCOVERING AND DESCRIBING MANY OF THE INLETS ON THE COAST OF NEW ENGLAND AMONG THESE INLETS COHASIT ACTED HER PART AS HOSTESS TO THE FAMOUS NAVIGATOR AND STAGED A SMALL AND VIVID ENCOUNTER WITH THE ABORIGINES
 the same direction as the scratches, and many are the boulders which were combed out of the moving glacier by the peaks of the ledges, and are now poised, like the famous Tipping Rock, just where the glacier left them when it melted. Few towns in America possess greater geological interest or a wider variety of glacial phenomena than Cohasset--all of which may be studied more fully with the aid of E. Victor Bigelow's "Narrative History of the Town of Cohasset, Massachusetts," and William O. Crosby's "Geology of the Boston Basin." This, then, is briefly the first part of Cohasset's ledges. The second part deals with human events, including many shipwrecks and disasters, and more than one romantic episode. Perhaps this human section is best begun with Captain John Smith. Captain John Smith was born too early. If ever a hero was brought into the world to adorn the moving-picture screen, that hero of the "iron collar," of piratical capture, of wedlock with an Indian princess, was the man. AVE ALL BEEN STRETCHED OUT IN THE SAME DIRECTION AS THE SCRATCHES AND MANY ARE THE BOULDERS WHICH WERE COMBED OUT OF THE MOVING GLACIER BY THE PEAKS OF THE LEDGES AND ARE NOW POISED LIKE THE FAMOUS TIPPING ROCK JUST WHERE THE GLACIER LEFT THEM WHEN IT MELTED FEW TOWNS IN AMERICA POSSESS GREATER GEOLOGICAL INTEREST OR A WIDER VARIETY OF GLACIAL PHENOMENA THAN COHASSET ALL OF WHICH MAY BE STUDIED MORE FULLY WITH THE AID OF E VICTOR BIGGIELOW'S NARRATIVE HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF COHAZIT MASSACHUSETTS AND WILLIAM O CROSBIE'S GEOLOGY OF THE BOSTON BASIN THIS THEN IS BRIEFLY THE FIRST PART OF COHASIT'S LEDGES THE SECOND PART DEALS WITH HUMAN EVENTS INCLUDING MANY SHIPWRECKS AND DISASTERS AND MORE THAN ONE ROMANTIC EPISODE PERHAPS THIS HUMAN SECTION IS BEST BEGUN WITH CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH WAS BORN TOO EARLY IF EVER A HERO WAS BROUGHT INTO THE WORLD TO ADORN THE MOVING PICTURE SCREEN THAT HERO OF THE IRON COLLAR OF PIRATICAL CAPTURE OF WEDLOCK WITH AN INDIAN PRINCESS WAS THE MAN
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