O'Reilly, John Boyle, 1844-1890 · Boston, Pilot publishing company · leaf 407
All the rest is simply swamp. The canalsand roads are accidents. Whoever would know the Dismal Swamp muststudy it from the lake, not from the exterior.This is the reason that even those living in itsneighborhood know so little about it. Theirknowledge is local, not constitutional. A gum road is a… … CANOEING ON THE DISMAL SWAMP. 373 cut in the interior. The mule goes securely onthe gum road, and the negro driver usuallywalks ahead on one of the broad rails. There was no one at Ropers saw-mill who couldgive us any information, so Ave paddled on to thevillage of Deep Creek, before reaching which…
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