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Caption: Sophograph - 1890
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TH I OPHOGRAPH TRIP NANTUCKET. T Wood'- Hall we had our first view of fche Atlantic, and from there we took the steamer to Nantucket Island; twenty-live miles from the coast. As we wen* westerners, our ideas of the "deep and dark blue ocean" were somewhat vague and perhaps exaggerated, owing, it, may be, to our faith in some well-meaning but misinformed literary men who have always had the fortune to visit the "fathomless deep" on special occasions when it was either on a strike with "its managers, or had made special arrangements to remain perfectly silent. However that may be, on the day of our visit it w; in its e very-day clothes and unwilling to show off. Our steamer wac very comfortable and pleasant and we aid find no p ible excuse for being sea-sick; we noticed < a few of the ladies, however, who were more fortunate and A soon complained that the smell of the < i from the engin >l was very depressing, and they immediately retired from view. Now th smell of oil had not tl light effect on us, having already enjoyed t\\c pleasures of a freshman BOciable and a j iior exhibition, so we turned our attention to the land which wa fast r< d i n g from Bight, hoping to enjoy th sensation of being "outside of land." In this we were nearly ful, for although w. aid alwa\ a little it w ii' h much and no n divided up into town lot8. t r a i n " gait, hut finding ourselves looked at curiously •• though we were in a hurry, we slowed up and fell in behind the rest. What a curious Btreei we were walking on: narrow, crooked, and the pavement of rough cobble worn in deep ruts by the wlu-.-ls of two ecu t lire-. We Wd 1 to be allowed to walk. Then the hoi . large and ntial, just as they had been for over a hundred Jrears. Tbej were shingled on the sides and roof, and with their huge chimneys reminded u- of pictures of old Amsterdam, and v.. even began to feel as if we were outside tin- limit >wn United States, till we met our friend md received tie- most cordial welcome. We found tin- inside of the old bona quain outside, hut there was never a mor» -nial hospitalil md tired travelers never found a more wel me n The venerable clock told the hours in accent mn ami slow; ami the date, Beventeen hundred eighty-six, on its fair made us think of a workman long >ince gone t<» I t whose honest work wa till heating the hours for another generation. It was July, and we had left home in a heat and dualmost unbearable. What a delightful change we und; there was hardly a dav when the air v - nol fanned l.\ a soft and fragrant breeze from the sail wa . a n d never a night when w ould not enjoy the m > < t r . [n summer the temperature is never above and in the winter the mercury rarely falls to almost perfect climate never marred h\ tl degi An which *ely tax our patience and 1 ilth. x After a riddestil f tw<> or three houi we came in sight of our u ion. and ar ring at the wharf we Btarted up the be "Id town OFI our I ial "ten minutes to catch a The ond dav cm d t he island to th* f Scii onset, where once a large fishing trade \ rried i, and where the fishermen'.- >tt s wen still iin memory of a pasi industry. Many 'Id i ^ v. e fitted up ami used b) uinmer visitors wh \vell-<-In n this plaee {'(»• pleasure and recreation. Hown i tl liea«h •
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