Virginia illustrated : containing a visit to the Virginian Canaan, and the adventures of Porte Crayon and his cousins . VIEW FROM THE THE CKOWN OF OTTER. CHAPTER X. THE GREAT VALLEY. There is perhaps no fairer land beneath the sun than that sec-tion of Virginia called the Great Valley. Bounded by the NorthMountain on the northwest, and the Blue Hidge on the southeast,it extends across the state from the Potomac to the southern line,nearly two hundred and fifty miles in length, and varying fromtwenty to forty in breadth. Through its northern portion theShenandoah pursues its regular and
Virginia illustrated : containing a visit to the Virginian Canaan, and the adventures of Porte Crayon and his cousins . VIEW FROM THE THE CKOWN OF OTTER. CHAPTER X. THE GREAT VALLEY. There is perhaps no fairer land beneath the sun than that sec-tion of Virginia called the Great Valley. Bounded by the NorthMountain on the northwest, and the Blue Hidge on the southeast,it extends across the state from the Potomac to the southern line,nearly two hundred and fifty miles in length, and varying fromtwenty to forty in breadth. Through its northern portion theShenandoah pursues its regular and orderly course along the baseof the Kidge, while, farther south, the Upper James, the Staunton,and New Rivers wind in tortuous channels across the Valley, cut-ting sheer through the mountain barriers east and west, and flow-ing in opposite directions toward their respective receivers. 198 PORTE CRAYON AND HIS COUSINS. Leaving to the geographer and political economist the task ofsetting forth the agricultural and mineral resources of this happ}-region, its healthful and invigorating atmosphere, its abundance,even to superfluity, in all
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