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Several other trips of 

 similar length to different 

 points of the compass 

 might now be outlined, 

 but it seems more advis- 

 able to combine them in 

 one big swing around the 

 circle, which will bring 

 the traveler at occasional 

 intervals within easy 

 reach of New York. 



One-Month Trip 



Entire Area. — The 

 journey may start by 

 boat and have as its first 

 objective the city of Nor- 

 folk, Virginia. From this 

 point electric trains make 

 easy a visit to Virginia 

 Beach and the giant 

 dunes of Cape Henry 

 (Fig. 11). The Norfolk 

 Folio of the Geological 

 Survey and minor arti- 

 cles, such as those by 

 Hitchcock (180), should 

 be studied in this connec- 

 tion. The old delta of 

 the Potomac Eiver, the 

 shifting dunes, and the 

 drowned coast offer the 

 main topics of interest. 

 If time and funds permit 

 a short side trip may be 

 made to the Dismal 

 Swamp, which is de- 

 scribed in Shaler's (187, 

 190, 193) survey reports. 

 After Norfolk, the jour- 

 ney may be directed to 



