Virginia illustrated : containing a visit to the Virginian Canaan, and the adventures of Porte Crayon and his cousins . et attained the dignity of a corporate town. The soil of this,in common with many other of the p2ecZ;iiio;i^ counties, is of abright red in many places, generally fertile, but poorly world down here seems to have been asleep for many years,and an air of loneliness pervades the whole region. As the roadswere heavy, and the chances of finding entertainment but few, thedriver stopped at an early hour in front of a house of rather un-promising exterior. Porte Crayo
Virginia illustrated : containing a visit to the Virginian Canaan, and the adventures of Porte Crayon and his cousins . et attained the dignity of a corporate town. The soil of this,in common with many other of the p2ecZ;iiio;i^ counties, is of abright red in many places, generally fertile, but poorly world down here seems to have been asleep for many years,and an air of loneliness pervades the whole region. As the roadswere heavy, and the chances of finding entertainment but few, thedriver stopped at an early hour in front of a house of rather un-promising exterior. Porte Crayon, who has a facility of makinghimself at home everv Avhere, went to the kitchen with a bunch 236 PORTE CRAYON AND HIS COUSINS. of squirrels, the sjDoil of liis German rifle. He returned in highspirits. Girls, we will be well fed here; we are fortunate. I have justseen the cook: not a mere black woman that does the cooking, butone bearing a patent stamped by the broad seal of Nature; thetype of a class whose skill is not of books or training, but a giftboth rich and rare; who flourishes her spit as Amphitrite does. THE oo::. COOK AND BOOTS. 237 her trident (or her husband^s, which is all the same); whose ladleis as a royal sceptre in her hands; who has grown sleek and faton the steam of her own genius; whose children have the firstdip in all gravies, the exclusive right to all livers and gizzards,not to mention breasts of fried chickens; who brazens her mis-tress, boxes her scullions, and scalds the dogs (Ill warrant thereis not a dog on the place with a full suit of hair on him). I Avasawed to that degree by the severity of her deportment when Ipresented the squirrels, that my orders dwindled into a humblerequest, and, throwing half a dollar on the table, as I retreated 1felt my coat-tails, to ascertain whether she had not pinned a dish-rag to them. In short, she is a perfect she-Czar, and may I neverbutter another corn-cake if I dont have her portrait to-morrow. The supper fu
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