Sights in Boston and suburbs, or, Guide to the stranger (1856)
Pulsifer, David, 1802-1894, Andrew, John, 1815-1875, egr., Billings, Hammatt, 1818-1875, egr., Hill George W., 1815-1893, egr., Barry, egr. · John P. Jewett & Co.; Jewett, Proctor & Worthington · leaf 209
Swallows Cave is a passage eight feet high, tenwide, and seventy-two feet in length, opening into the sea.Formerly the swallows inhabited this cave in great num-bers, and built their nests in the irregularities of the rocksabove; but the multitude of visitors has frightened themaway. Continuing on… … Irenes Grotto, a tall arch, grotesque and beautiful,leading to a large room in the rock, and one of the great-est curiosities on Nahant. Near by is the SteamboatWharf, where the trim Nelly Baker lies. It were im-possible to describe all objects worthy of notice; but,having named the most prominent,…
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