A Few Antiquated, Many-Gabled Houses, Remain In Its
Neighbourhood, Each Associated With Some Tradition Dear To The Americans.
Then There Is A Dark-Coloured Stone Church, Which Still In Common Parlance
Bears The Name Of King's Chapel.
It is fitted with high pews of dark
varnished oak, and the English liturgy, slightly altered, is still used as
the form of worship.
Then there is the Old South Meeting house, where the
inhabitants remonstrated with the governor for bringing in the king's
troops; and, lastly, Griffin's Wharf, where, under the impulse of the
stern concentrated will of the New England character, the "Sons of
Liberty" boarded the English ships, and slowly and deliberately threw the
tea which they contained into the water of the harbour.
I visited the Bunker's Hill monument, and was content to take on trust the
statement of the beauty of the view from the summit, as the monument,
which is 221 feet in height, is ascended by a very steep staircase.
Neither did I deny the statement made by the patriotic Americans who were
with me, that the British forces were defeated in that place, not feeling
at all sure that the national pride of our historians had not led them to
tell a tale more flattering than true; for
"Some say that we won,
And some say that they won,
And some say that none won at a', man."
We visited the naval yard at Charlestown, and the Ohio, an old seventy-
four, now used as a receiving-ship.
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