The Wise guide to historic places in Virginia, 1607-1907 . e Southern Colony. The lines were run from PoyntComfort and included all the territory 200 miles toto the North and 200 miles to the South, of Old Poynt,and to reach up into the land from sea to sea. Afterwards Poynt Comfort was called Old Point Com-fort, to distinguish it from New Point Comfort, just acrosstht^ Bay near Cape Charles. Landing at Old Point Comfort the first sight that loomsup in huge proportions is the Chamberlin Hotel. Here allthe year round the belles from all points of the compasscongregate, where they are fanned by

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The Wise guide to historic places in Virginia, 1607-1907 . e Southern Colony. The lines were run from PoyntComfort and included all the territory 200 miles toto the North and 200 miles to the South, of Old Poynt,and to reach up into the land from sea to sea. Afterwards Poynt Comfort was called Old Point Com-fort, to distinguish it from New Point Comfort, just acrosstht^ Bay near Cape Charles. Landing at Old Point Comfort the first sight that loomsup in huge proportions is the Chamberlin Hotel. Here allthe year round the belles from all points of the compasscongregate, where they are fanned by the southern breezesand cheered by the merry company of Army and Navyofficers, who are stationed at the Fort, or whose vesselsare anchored in the Bay, and the halcyon hours of youthare joyfully passed away—of youth—for one never growsold at Point Comfort—as time does not write her recordson the cheeks of those who wander through the long cor-ridors of palms, escorted by a Prince Charming in uniform. The hotel is built on the government

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