. 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 . STURGEON POINT AT THE MOUTH OF KITTEWAN CREEK. A ONE-ENGINE RUN AND A FOREST TOMB we got the full force of the wind and, withbut one engine running, it was a question fora while whether we were going to go on upthe river or to drift back down stream. For-tunately, the James narrowed at this point,thus increasing t
. 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 . STURGEON POINT AT THE MOUTH OF KITTEWAN CREEK. A ONE-ENGINE RUN AND A FOREST TOMB we got the full force of the wind and, withbut one engine running, it was a question fora while whether we were going to go on upthe river or to drift back down stream. For-tunately, the James narrowed at this point,thus increasing the sweep of the tide that washelping us along, and slowly Gadabout pushedon, slapping down hard on the big waves andholding steady. A short distance beyond Sturgeon Pointwas the indentation in the shore marking themouth of Kittewan Creek. Old cypress treesstepped out into the river on either side, whilea row of stakes seemed to indicate the channelof the little waterway. Sounding along wewent in with four feet of water under us. Our plan was to find an anchorage a littleway up the creek, and then next day to startwith the rising tide for a run on up to Weya-noke. Of course Weyanoke fronted upon theJames, but our idea was to make a sort ofback-door landing by nmning up this streamand in behi
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