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And soon, if the day is clear, buildings may be identified in more than one hundred and twenty five villages. AND SOON IF THE DAY IS CLEAR BUILDINGS MAY BE IDENTIFIED IN MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE VILLAGES
though the Forbes family still holds a conspicuous place in all the social as well as the philanthropic enterprises of the countryside. You may see, too, a solitary figure with a scientist's stoop, or a tutor with a group of boys, making a first-hand study of a region which is full of interest to the geologist. Circling thus around the base of the Great Blue Hill and irresistibly drawn closer and closer to it as by a magnet, one is impelled to make the ascent to the top--an easy ascent with its destination clearly marked by the Rotch Meteorological Observatory erected in 1884 by the late A. Lawrence Rotch of Milton, who bequeathed funds for its maintenance. It is now connected with Harvard University. Once at the top the eye is overwhelmed by a circuit of more than a hundred and fifty miles! It is almost too immense at first--almost as barren as an empty expanse of rolling green sea. But as the eye grows accustomed to the stretching distances, objects both near and far begin to appear. ES ALTHOUGH THE FORBES FAMILY STILL HOLDS A CONSPICUOUS PLACE IN ALL THE SOCIAL AS WELL AS PHILANTHROPIC ENTERPRISES OF THE COUNTRYSIDE YOU MAY SEE TOO A SOLITARY FIGURE WITH A SCIENTIST'S STOOP OR A TUTOR WITH A GROUP OF BOYS MAKING A FIRST HAND STUDY OF A REGION WHICH IS FULL OF INTEREST TO THE GEOLOGIST CIRCLING THUS AROUND THE BASE OF THE GREAT BLUE HILL AND IRRESISTIBLY DRAWN CLOSER AND CLOSER TO IT AS BY A MAGNET ONE IS IMPELLED TO MAKE THE ASCENT TO THE TOP AN EASY ASCENT WITH ITS DESTINATION CLEARLY MARKED BY THE ROTCH METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY ERECTED IN EIGHTEEN EIGHTY FOUR BY THE LATE A LAWRENCE ROTCH OF MILTON WHO BEQUEATHED FUNDS FOR ITS MAINTENANCE IT IS NOW CONNECTED WITH HARVARD UNIVERSITY ONCE AT THE TOP THE EYE IS OVERWHELMED BY A CIRCUIT OF MORE THAN A HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILES IT IS ALMOST TOO IMMENSE AT FIRST ALMOST AS BARREN AS AN EMPTY EXPANSE OF ROLLING GREEN SEA BUT AS THE EYE GROWS ACCUSTOMED TO THE STRETCHING DISTANCES OBJECTS BOTH NEAR AND FAR BEGIN TO APPEAR
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