Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-07-05

by @. W. Bapby i'm Richmond State. !


[By G. w. Bagby in Richmond STATED
He who thinks he has seen Augusta county
knows nothing until he has seen that part
which lies between Waynesboro' and Port Re-
On the wey from Harrisonburp to
the pretty North river and the coun.
try living along IT. will impress the dullest gan.
sibility. but it is as nothing compared to the
South river section. All that Donald. of
Waynesboro,. had told me about IL Vas Int a
feeble preparation. Here are all the sharp con.
trasts. that intensity the beauties Of nature.
The Shenandoah road. clineine to the right
hank Of the river. .howa Won the reverse of that
ETHEREAL screen that looks 40 soft and blue from
the hills of Orange and Culpeper Seen close
at hand the western slope of the Blue Ridge is
grim and barren indeed. Along the bed of an
ancient river endless gravel tells the agony Of
the glacial period. stark and bare. the land
has not vet recovered. will never recover. from
that travail ef geologic time. Fen and brake
and thin trees. that at distance look like cv
presses. suggest the swamps of the Chick ahom.
inv. or Of streams more s.uthern still. the Pee-
dee. the Savannah.
Pines rough and scrubby. dispute the right
of nav with oak and hickory that belong tn
limestone soila-earlier and ruder vepetal forms
giving token NJ the harsh nnbuman age in
which tbav were horn sn-v,vino In tho rridst
of hammer hab,tah,e times ON thu foothills
bleak and dark or IN the narrow meadows.
a tew neon,e find a roeoore .phs,etorco Tbeaa
are not the Aims here ara M .pow.c,ad nealks,
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sanutten' oiue IN Inc distance. but dimm1ng as
we speo towaro IL. Inc blooms kept up. mile
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long "niie' ossan 10 'reatne ana I'VE; IL De-
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