. Colonial mansions of Maryland and Delaware. uated on a high ridge and has abeautiful outlook over the blue waters of Round Bay,the head of the Severn River, which it faces. Archi-tecturally its design is that of a capital letter T, the headof the T being the front of the house and the post to-wards the river. At the base of the ridge on whichBelvoir is situated and between the old house and theriver, is the course of the Annapolis-Baltimore post-road, a very important avenue of travel one hundredyears ago but now very rarely traversed. The doorway of the house is situated about one-thirdoff
. Colonial mansions of Maryland and Delaware. uated on a high ridge and has abeautiful outlook over the blue waters of Round Bay,the head of the Severn River, which it faces. Archi-tecturally its design is that of a capital letter T, the headof the T being the front of the house and the post to-wards the river. At the base of the ridge on whichBelvoir is situated and between the old house and theriver, is the course of the Annapolis-Baltimore post-road, a very important avenue of travel one hundredyears ago but now very rarely traversed. The doorway of the house is situated about one-thirdoff the middle of the front and is introduced by a veryquaint portico with arched ceiling and pointed door contains a massive old knocker bearing theWorthington coat-of-arms. When you enter the house, you are struck by thethickness of the walls. The house, being situated onsuch an exposed height, required even thicker walls thanwas the custom of the time in which it was is some very pretty wood-carving, particularly of 222. BELVOIR the mantels in the parlour and dining-room, but thehouse does not contain a great deal of ornamentation. The brickwork of the walls is very solid, and thebricks are larger than ordinary. The foundation wallsin the cellar are fully five feet thick, and in the cellar,also, is to be found a dungeon constructed by the originalowners for mischievous or unruly slaves. It is safe toassert that a taste of this holes black recesses wouldcure any negro of propensity to violence. That this means of correction was of little use tothe Worthingtons, however, we may believe from thestatement of Dr. Joseph Muse Worthington, a belovedphysician of Annapolis, who was born at Belvoir andwho says that in his recollection of his father he knewhim only once to deal severely with a servant and thatwas when a negro woman attempted to kill one of herfellow-workers with a kitchen knife. The garden of Belvoir lies to the front of the houseand even in its deso
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