Sherborn Is The Only Town On The Island, Which
Consists Of About 530 Houses, That Have Been Framed On The Main;
They Are Lathed And Plastered Within, Handsomely Painted And Boarded
Without; Each Has A Cellar Underneath, Built With Stones Fetched
Also From The Main:
They are all of a similar construction and
appearance; plain, and entirely devoid of exterior or interior
ornament.
I observed but one which was built of bricks, belonging to
Mr. - - , but like the rest it is unadorned. The town stands on a
rising sandbank, on the west side of the harbour, which is very safe
from all winds. There are two places of worship, one for the society
of Friends, the other for that of Presbyterians; and in the middle
of the town, near the market-place, stands a simple building, which
is the county court-house. The town regularly ascends toward the
country, and in its vicinage they have several small fields and
gardens yearly manured with the dung of their cows, and the soil of
their streets. There are a good many cherry and peach trees planted
in their streets and in many other places; the apple tree does not
thrive well, they have therefore planted but few. The island
contains no mountains, yet is very uneven, and the many rising
grounds and eminences with which it is filled, have formed in the
several valleys a great variety of swamps, where the Indian grass
and the blue bent, peculiar to such soils, grow with tolerable
luxuriancy.
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