Virginia illustrated : containing a visit to the Virginian Canaan, and the adventures of Porte Crayon and his cousins . mative with a , if you must go, good-by. You remember the old rule,Speed the parting guest. He quotes it reluctantly, as if byway of apology for letting you go at all. Come again soon,and then not for a week, as if you came merely to light your pipe,but for a good month or so. You promise in good faith, andtake your leave with a swelling heart, as if bidding farewell to asecond home. Crack your whip and drive on. Mud, observed Mr. Crayon, is emblematic of despondency
Virginia illustrated : containing a visit to the Virginian Canaan, and the adventures of Porte Crayon and his cousins . mative with a , if you must go, good-by. You remember the old rule,Speed the parting guest. He quotes it reluctantly, as if byway of apology for letting you go at all. Come again soon,and then not for a week, as if you came merely to light your pipe,but for a good month or so. You promise in good faith, andtake your leave with a swelling heart, as if bidding farewell to asecond home. Crack your whip and drive on. Mud, observed Mr. Crayon, is emblematic of is nothing picturesque in mud—nothing suggestive of po-etic ideas. Dante punishes some of his sinners in mud—fast fel- 266 PORTE CRAYON AND HIS COUSINS. lows of the Guelphic faction, we presume. Well, if mud is ashard on sinners as it is on horses, they deserved compassion. Notwithstanding the prevalence of this adverse circumstance,our travelers kej^t up their spirits marvelously well. In defaultof better game. Crayon amused himself shooting chicken-hawks,which abound in these ipore populous THE FAUQUIER SPRINGS. Passing Barboursville, Culpepper Court House, and Jefferson-ton, they at length arrived at the Fauquier Sulphur Springs,where they determined to repose a day or two for the benefit ofthe horses. If the natural advantages of this watering-place donot equal many of those found higher up in the mountains, itsurpasses all others in the extent, elegance, and costliness of itsimprovements. The buildings, of brick covered with slate, forma semicircle, inclosing a handsome park. These grounds are or-namented with fountains, and enlivened by herds of fallow deer. Warrenton, the county town of Fauquier, is six miles distantfrom the Springs, and from this place our travelers pursued theroad toward Ashbys Gap, in the Blue Iliclge. Miss Katy Shackleys quaint, old-fashioned cottage received KATY SHACKLEYS. 267
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