. Virginia, the Old Dominion, as seen from its colonial waterway, the historic river James, whose every succeeding turn reveals country replete with monuments and scenes recalling the march of history and its figures from the days of Captain John Smith to the present time . The Yarn of the Nancy Bell andhad never eaten a shipmate in his life, yethe had a whole crew within himself as trulyas the elderly naval man who had eatenone. There was therefore no occasion forextensive quarters. Fortunately, an availablespace at the stern was ample for the crewscabin and all appointments. All these interi
. Virginia, the Old Dominion, as seen from its colonial waterway, the historic river James, whose every succeeding turn reveals country replete with monuments and scenes recalling the march of history and its figures from the days of Captain John Smith to the present time . The Yarn of the Nancy Bell andhad never eaten a shipmate in his life, yethe had a whole crew within himself as trulyas the elderly naval man who had eatenone. There was therefore no occasion forextensive quarters. Fortunately, an availablespace at the stern was ample for the crewscabin and all appointments. All these interior arrangements were with-out the makeshifts so often found in house-boats. There were no curtains for partitionwalls nor crude bunks for beds. Peopleaboard a houseboat must at best be living inclose quarters. But, upon even the moderatepriced craft, much of the comfort, privacy,and refinement of home life may be enjoyedby heading off an outlay that tends towardgilt and grill work and turning it into sub-stantial partitions, real beds, baths, and lava-tories. Gadabout was square at both ends; so thatthe uninitiated were not always sure whichway she was going to go. Indeed, for awhile, her closest associates were conserva-tive in forecasting on that point. But that 8. ALL ABOUT GADABOUT was for another reason. The boat was ofextremely light draft. While such a featureenables the houseboater to navigate very shal-low waters (where often he finds his mostcharming retreats), yet it also enables thehouseboat, under certain conditions of windand tide, to go sidewise with all the blunder-ing facility of a crab. At first, in making landings we wereforced to leave it pretty much to Gadaboutas to which side of the pier she was to comeup on, and which end first, and with howmuch of a bump. But all such troubles soondisappeared; and, as there seemed no changein the craft herself, we were forced to believethat our own inexperience had had somethingto do with our difficulties. To Gadabout an
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