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Excerpt from The Hygeia Hotel, Old Point Comfort, Va: Harrison Phoebus, Proprietor
There is but one entrance into this country, and that is at the mouth of a very goodly bay, eighteen or twenty miles broad. The cape on the south is called Cape Henry, in honor of our most noble Prince. The land, white hilly sand, like unto the Downs, and all along the shores great plenty of pines and firs. The north cape is called Cape Charles, in honor of the worthy Duke of York. This bay lies north and south, in which the water ?ows nearly two hundred miles, and has a channel of one hun dred and forty miles, of depth between six and fifteen fathoms, holding in breadth, for the most part, ten or fourteen miles. From the head of the bay, to the north-west, the land is mountainous, and so in a manner from thence in a south-west line; so that the farther southward, the farther off from the bay are those mountains; from which fall certain brooks, which after come to fine, principal navigable rivers.
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There is but one entrance into this country, and that is at the mouth of a very goodly bay, eighteen or twenty miles broad. The cape on the south is called Cape Henry, in honor of our most noble Prince. The land, white hilly sand, like unto the Downs, and all along the shores great plenty of pines and firs. The north cape is called Cape Charles, in honor of the worthy Duke of York. This bay lies north and south, in which the water ?ows nearly two hundred miles, and has a channel of one hun dred and forty miles, of depth between six and fifteen fathoms, holding in breadth, for the most part, ten or fourteen miles. From the head of the bay, to the north-west, the land is mountainous, and so in a manner from thence in a south-west line; so that the farther southward, the farther off from the bay are those mountains; from which fall certain brooks, which after come to fine, principal navigable rivers.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
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Author
Harrison Phoebus
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780266166801
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.2 cm
Page Count - 34
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Author
Harrison Phoebus
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781331901402
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.2 cm
Page Count - 36
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