O'Reilly, John Boyle, 1844-1890 · Boston, Pilot publishing company · leaf 453
te possibilityof bringing almost its entire area into cultivation.His great project failed in this its first purpose;not because it was impracticable, but because thecompany found that the timber-cutting aloneyielded an unexpected and almost incredible reve-nue. The reclamation of the land was… … CANOEING IN THE DISMAL SWAMP. 411 commercial canal, with power over all the waterin the swamp, and devoid of intelligence and pub-lic spirit, and the land of the Dismal Swamp wasdoomed. Washington himself surveyed the swamp forthe route of his canals. His first cutting, runningfrom the northwest…
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