. Nach Shenandoah und darüber hinaus: Die Chronik einer gemütlichen Reise durch die Hochebenen von Virginia und Tennessee, die ihre Landschaft skizziert. 69 XI.NORFOLK UND PETERSBURG. Virginias Great Seaport. - kommerzielle Vorteile. - Kolonialgeschichte. - Wiederbelebung nach dem Krieg. - Baumwolle. - Erdnüsse. - Garten LKW. - Austern. - Allgemeine Vorräte. - Lamberts Point Coal Werften. - Old Point Komfort und der Hafen. - Hampton. - Ocean View. - Virginia Beach. - die düstere Sumpf. - Bailys Impertinence. - Petersburg. - Forts Hölle und Damas. Denkmäler. Norfolk, sage ich, als Antwort auf die Frage, die die letzte beendete

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. To the Shenandoah and beyond: the chronicle of a leisurely journey through the uplands of Virginia and Tennessee, sketching their scenery . 69 XI.NORFOLK AND PETERSBURG. Virginias Great Seaport.—Commercial Advantages.—Colonial History.—Revival after the War.—Cotton.—Peanuts.—Garden Truck.—Oysters.—General Supplies.— Lamberts Point Coal Wharves.—Old Point Comfort and the Harbor.— Hampton.—Ocean View.—Virginia Beach.—The Dismal Swamp.—Bailys Impertinence.—Petersburg.— Forts Hell and Damnation.—Peach-trees as Monuments of Battle. Norfolk, I say, in response to the question which closed the lastchapter, is the most business-like city in Virginia, and next to the largest.It has a right to be so, because of its situation. It is just at the mouth ofJames river and the Chesapeake bay, and has a large, deep and wellprotected harbor, where any kind of shipping can enter without delay ordanger. The government has had a navy yard at Portsmouth (which is an. THE MARKET SQUARE AT NORFOLK. attachment of Norfolk) for many years; and Hampton roads, just belowthe city, is the favorite ground for naval reviews, etc. She has lines ofocean steamers to Liverpool, and to Boston, Providence and New York.Two or three lines of steamboats connect her with Baltimore, of whichthe celebrated Bay Line is the best known; and steamers run regu-larly to Washington, Richmond, and up all the lesser rivers, as well assouthward through the canals. She is the terminus of a railway to thesouthern coast-region, and of this great east-and-west highway—theNorfolk and Western. She has every commercial advantage she couldwish, therefore, and a clientele of about fifty thousand people. Isnt it an old, old town? Madame Prue inquires. Very old. It was almost the first spot upon which colonistsset foot, and has been recognized as a settlement for two centuries or 70

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