Life in old Virginia; a description of Virginia more particularly the Tidewater section, Narrating many incidents relating to the manners and customs of old Virginia so fast disappearing as a result of the war between the states, together with many humorous . t many of the road-beds are composedof sand or clay, with few or no stones or gravel, the heavyrains rapidly form deep gulleys on the sand hills, or quag-mires on the clay hill roads. There are hundreds of thousands of acres of TidewaterVirginia lands that do not contain a stone large enough to chunk a squirrel. Clay hills and b
Life in old Virginia; a description of Virginia more particularly the Tidewater section, Narrating many incidents relating to the manners and customs of old Virginia so fast disappearing as a result of the war between the states, together with many humorous . t many of the road-beds are composedof sand or clay, with few or no stones or gravel, the heavyrains rapidly form deep gulleys on the sand hills, or quag-mires on the clay hill roads. There are hundreds of thousands of acres of TidewaterVirginia lands that do not contain a stone large enough to chunk a squirrel. Clay hills and boggy bottoms are usually corduroyed forwant of better material. A corduroy road is made by layinga bed of poles across it, side by side, and covering themslightly with soil. In the event of rains washing the soilfrom the poles, the vehicle traveling over such road is jostled,bumped, and jerked across a small pole, and against a largerone alternately, with an up and down and sidewise motion,like a small boat in a choppy sea. A fractious horsedriven on a dark night down a steep corduroy hill road, aftera heavy rain storm, is apt to alarm the driver lest he bethrown upon his head; it will at least force him to make un-complimentary remarks about the road Foot Bridge Over Flag; Pond Run.
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