. To the Shenandoah and beyond: the chronicle of a leisurely journey through the uplands of Virginia and Tennessee, sketching their scenery . rch, erected during thereign of George II. What was Harewood House ? Baily inquires. The home of George Washingtons elder brother Samuel, he isinformed. It was built under the superintendence of Washingtonhimself, and still stands unchanged—a valuable example of the architec-ture of its time. Ah, Prue adds, that house has seen some fine times and finepeople ! James Madison was married in it; and there Louis Phillipe and his two ducal brothers,Montpensier
. To the Shenandoah and beyond: the chronicle of a leisurely journey through the uplands of Virginia and Tennessee, sketching their scenery . rch, erected during thereign of George II. What was Harewood House ? Baily inquires. The home of George Washingtons elder brother Samuel, he isinformed. It was built under the superintendence of Washingtonhimself, and still stands unchanged—a valuable example of the architec-ture of its time. Ah, Prue adds, that house has seen some fine times and finepeople ! James Madison was married in it; and there Louis Phillipe and his two ducal brothers,Montpensier and Beauje-laix, were entertained asbecame princes. The face of the countrywaxes hilly as we proceed,and at Fairfield we findourselves close to the footof the Blue Ridge. It isno longer hazy blue, butgreen; its features are dis-tinctly visible, and hereand there a dot of a cabinappears, but no large clear-ing anywhere. The greatDutch barns have disap-peared, and the broadsquare faces of the Dutch-men are exchanged for thethin countenances of theVirginians. Every notchthrough the mountainsa dot of a cabin. has^its name, first Yeskel,. 26 then Gregory, then Rock, then Snickers. The last, though abruptly-walled and picturesque, will admit the passage of a railway, and through itis now being built the extension of the Washington, Ohio and Western,finished as far as Round Hill. This road, proceeding westward acrossLoudon county, the old home and retreat of Mosbys guerillas, andworming its way through Snickers gap, will join the Shenandoah Val-leys track at Berryville, and soon form an independent, shorter andhighly attractive route between the South and Washington. All along on our right, the ground was somewhat higher than wherethe tracks ran, yet not high enough to impede the view of the regularfront of the Little North mountain, here about twelve miles directly west-ward. This slight elevation is called Limestone ridge. It runs length-wise of the valley, and the rainfall upon
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