. Highways and byways of the South. nd the waves have easy oppor-tunity to eat into the alluvial banks of the island, andhave already swallowed up a considerable portion of theland where stood the village. The water covers manyremnants of the colonial hamlet, and when the currentruns clear, the stones and bricks of the ancient housefoundations and walls can be seen on the river danger which the river threatens to old James-town has long been realized, and in 1901 the govern-ment completed a masonry breakwater that, so fir asit goes, affiDrds a lasting protection from the stealthyero
. Highways and byways of the South. nd the waves have easy oppor-tunity to eat into the alluvial banks of the island, andhave already swallowed up a considerable portion of theland where stood the village. The water covers manyremnants of the colonial hamlet, and when the currentruns clear, the stones and bricks of the ancient housefoundations and walls can be seen on the river danger which the river threatens to old James-town has long been realized, and in 1901 the govern-ment completed a masonry breakwater that, so fir asit goes, affiDrds a lasting protection from the stealthyerosion of the current, and from the fierce waves thatthe winter storm-winds drive against the shores ; butthere is need of as much more work to assure the safety Round about Old Jamestown 329 of the spot, and preserve the historic church tower andthe graves around it to the multitudes who, in years tocome, will wish to visit the site of the first permanentEngHsh settlement in America — the cradle of thenation. 5- ^^ :^-^^ . jj,;,j^. The James River opposite the Old Settlement XV THE NIGGERS
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