The narrator eats apple-sauce and doughnuts which are supplied him by a man with whom he discusses George Washington and the meaning of the name "Axy."  
At one point, the narrator looks through a knot-hole into a "Charity-House," but since it is not supplied with matches, straw, or hay, he concludes that it isn't really a "humane house."  The narrator eats apple-sauce and doughnuts which are supplied him by a man with whom he discusses George Washington and the meaning of the name "Axy."  In addition to the chapter on the "Wellfleet Oysterman," this book includes chapters on the "Highland Light" and on "Stage-coach Views."  In the first chapter, we learn that the author made three visits to the titular location between 1849 and 1855; on the first visit, he observed the wreck of the brig St. John at Cohasset.  Also including chapters on "The Plains of Nauset" and "Provincetown," FTP, name this posthumously published book about a portion of Massachusetts which was written by Henry David Thoreau.
At one point, the narrator looks through a knot-hole into a "Charity-House," but since it is not supplied with matches, straw, or hay, he concludes that it isn't really a "humane house."  
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