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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. 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
e marshes, which were of such high importance in those early days, and the ledges which have been the cause and the scene of so many Cohasset adventures, twists Jerusalem Road, the brilliant beauty of which has been so often--but never too often--remarked. This was the main road from Hingham for many years, and it took full three hours of 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. BETWEEN THE MARSHES WHICH WERE OF SUCH HIGH IMPORTANCE IN THOSE EARLY DAYS AND THE LEDGES WHICH HAVE BEEN THE CAUSE IN THE SCENE OF SO MANY COHESIVE VENTURES TWIST JERUSALEM ROAD THE BRILLIANT BEAUTY OF WHICH HAS BEEN SO OFTEN BUT NEVER TOO OFTEN REMARKED THIS WAS THE MAIN ROAD FROM HINGHAM FOR MANY YEARS AND IT TOOK FULL THREE HOURS 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
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