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“...stands at the very narrow mouth of a large inlet of
the sea called Harrington Sound, is the next point of
interest. The small island just off the toast, with which ■
it is connected by a small causeway, is Gallow’s Island. Ml
A post at its highest point identifies the spot where a 11
negro slave was hanged on a gibbet in 1754 f°r murdering I j
his master. Flatt’s was once a shipping port of some size., I
Just across Flatt’s Bridge, on the Harrington Sound side
of the road, is the well-stocked Aquarium, built in the old )
Colonial style of native stone.
The Middle Road to Flatt’s Village begins at the I
east end of Hamilton and joins the North Shore Road K
at Zuill’s Park, a distance of half a mile from the village H
passing Prospect Hill, the military camp. This road!
can be taken on the excursion to Spanish Rock (3 miles, lit
see pages 45 and 61) and Knapton Hill (4 miles).
Harrington Sound is a large inlet of the sea which, I
but for a narrow mouth bridged at Flatt’s, would be an [1
inland...”
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