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64 IFIelvoir of<br />

blem of Catholicism, should be flaunted before<br />

their faces, a perpetual insult to their princi-<br />

ples. The King's officers on the fort and on<br />

the ships had paid Sir Harry the compliment<br />

of a grand salute on the occasion of his land-<br />

ing ; and he, in return, was giving a sumptuous<br />

entertainment to them: the result was, that he<br />

yielded politely to their demands, and again<br />

hoisted the royal flag upon the fort.<br />

Boston, in :636, busied itself in establishing<br />

its ferries to Charlestown and Winnisimmet;<br />

its little footpath to Roxbury; providing for<br />

night-watches; constructing a fortification on<br />

Fort Hill, which has recently been shovelled<br />

into the sea; instituting its board of overseers -<br />

for the care of town affairs; allotting its lands<br />

to citizens; depriving persons of previous allot-<br />

ments who had not improved them ; providing<br />

for regulating commerce ; for forfeiture of swine<br />

at large; fining men who sold land without<br />

leave; regulating the building of structures on<br />

streets, and with similar homely town business.<br />

Threats of an Indian war began to darken<br />

the horizon, and the bloody work commenced

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