BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
The Riverside Press Cambridge
1920
COPYRIGHT, 1920, BY MARY ROGERS BANGS
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
TO
S. A. B.
CONTENTS
| I. | The Land | [1] |
| II. | The Old Colony | [19] |
| III. | The Towns | [56] |
| IV. | The French Wars | [97] |
| V. | The English Wars | [118] |
| VI. | Theology and Whaling | [158] |
| VII. | Storms and Pirates | [176] |
| VIII. | Old Sea Ways | [203] |
| IX. | The Captains | [221] |
| X. | The County | [259] |
| XI. | Genius Loci | [291] |
ILLUSTRATIONS
| The Old Figurehead | [Frontispiece] |
| The Shore Road | [6] |
| A First Comer | [58] |
| The Creek | [112] |
| The Fish-House | [164] |
| The Cap’n’s | [222] |
| The Meadows | [270] |
| The Pasture Bars | [294] |