Word: roundabout
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...mounted again and finally won second prize. On Beacon St. the hounds again took the wrong turning, the scent not lying well, and went nearly half a mile out of the way before they discovered their mistake. From Beacon St. the route lay over Somerville hill by a very roundabout way to Union and Central Squares. Here the scent was very bad and the route very winding, so that over and over again the hounds lost their way. From Central Square the route lay by Magazine St., across the river to the Mill-Dam, here again the hares or rather...
What, then, do we gain by taking such a roundabout approach to our professional work? The answer is twofold...