BOOK SECOND. SETTLEMENTS AND COLONIES. 1607 TO 1775.

“And vaguely here,

Through the dim mists that crowd the atmosphere,

We draw the outlines of weird figures cast

In shadows on the background of the past.”

Longfellow’s “New England Tragedies.”

“’Tis pleasant through the loopholes of retreat

To peep at such a world.”

Cowper.

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