A young people's history of Virginia and Virginians .. . med with lace, a palmetto hator a satinet or calico hood and thread gloves, completedthe outfit of the colonial belle. Woolen shoes and shoeswith wooden heels were also worn. Food.—All classes lived in abundance. To the pro-ducts of the plantation was added the game of the forestsand the streams. The woods abounded in deer and wild History of Virginia and Virginians. 109 turkeys, and even in wild hogs and wild cattle; autumnand winter brought innumerable wild water-fowl, swan,geese, and brant, and ducks in every variety; while thewater t
A young people's history of Virginia and Virginians .. . med with lace, a palmetto hator a satinet or calico hood and thread gloves, completedthe outfit of the colonial belle. Woolen shoes and shoeswith wooden heels were also worn. Food.—All classes lived in abundance. To the pro-ducts of the plantation was added the game of the forestsand the streams. The woods abounded in deer and wild History of Virginia and Virginians. 109 turkeys, and even in wild hogs and wild cattle; autumnand winter brought innumerable wild water-fowl, swan,geese, and brant, and ducks in every variety; while thewater teemed with the finest varieties of fish, as well ascrabs, clams, and oysters. Beer, ale, cider, perry, peachand apple brandy were produced on every plantation, andrum, foreign wines and brandies imported. The use ofthese was much more common than at the present day,but stringent regulations were made for the punishmentof drunkenness. Social and Domestic Life.—Social life in Virginia wasin its general outlines a reproduction of that of England .^f *. GBEENWAY COUET, THE HOME OF LOUD FAIRFAX, CLARKE COUNTY, VA. during this period, modified by the difference of climateand the conditions surrounding settlers in a new anduncultivated country, who are threatened by the constantpresence of an active and cruel foe. We find it portrayedin the private correspondence of the colonists, the officialrecords of the burgesses, and other documents of unques-tionable authority. The growing trade with the mothercountry made this proud and ambitious offshoot of theNorman-French and hardy Briton familiar with all thatwas occurring in social and in public life ^ at home, forEngland was still home to the colonists, and regarded 110 History of Virginia and Virginians. with profound affection. Passengers and letters kept theVirginians posted as to the pastimes and field sports, andthese were imitated in the colony. Dale, on his arrival atJamestown on Sunday afternoon, found the colonists play-ing b
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