great shallows at its mouth at ebb tide, whence it was far to look to the ocean.
Following round the inner coast of Cape Cod, we pass Plymouth and on to Boston before we find in the Charles River and Boston Back Bay a river flowing through a lake into the sea, where great shallows at its mouth are a conspicuous feature and it is far to look to the ocean.
West Wall of a supposed Norse Ruin in Massachusetts, showing Layers of Turf between the Stones.
At this point we may add one more feature to the description of Keel Cape—that it appears to be an island when approached from the north. Now we can continue our search down the North Atlantic coast, noting that Sandy Hook is not scored with bays at the south, and that Cape Henlopen and Cape Henry could not have been mistaken for islands.[1]
- ↑ Chart of North Atlantic, No. 98. Norie & Wilson, London.
