CHAPTER XVI.

MARBLEHEAD.

The Rock of Marblehead.--The Harbor and Neck.--Chat with the Light-keeper.--Decline of the Fisheries.--Fishery in the olden Time.--Early Annals of Marblehead.--Walks about the Town.--Crooked Lanes and antique Houses.--The Water-side.--The Fishermen.--How the Town looked in the Past.--Plain-spoken Clergymen and lawless Parishioners.--Anecdotes.--Jeremiah Lee and his Mansion.--The Town-house.--Chief-justice Story.--St. Michael's Church.--Elbridge Gerry.--The old Ironsides of the Sea.--General John Glover.--Flood Ireson's, Oakum Bay.--Fort Sewall.--Escape of the _Constitution_ Frigate.--Duel of the _Chesapeake_ and _Shannon_.--Old Burial-ground.--The Grave-digger.--Perils of the Fishery 228