In Old Tidewater Virginia 9 



hundred and fifty in woods. We keep 

 eleven horses, six cows, a dozen sheep, four 

 bird-dogs, chickens, ducks and turkeys. We 

 have a two-acre garden with greenhouse for 

 winter vegetables, an acre of strawberries, 

 an acre of raspberries and dewberries and 

 two acres in grapes; an old orchard and a 

 young one with all the fruits of the temper- 

 ate climate ; and a mile water front with full 

 riparian rights. 



The Old Dominion steamer has an artistic 

 little pier on the upper end of the lawn, 

 w T hich gives us daily mail and traffic with 

 Old Point and Norfolk and the outside 

 world. There are no railroads in the three 

 counties of Gloucester, Matthews and Mid- 

 dlesex. We live in Gloucester, and around 

 us on the beautiful landlocked arm of the 

 Chesapeake called North River we see from 

 our porch fourteen water-front homes. 

 These three counties are intersected by a 

 network of tide rivers and creeks, like the 



