Identifier: athleticsmanlysp00orei (find matches)
Title: Athletics and manly sport
Year: 1890 (1890s)
Authors: O'Reilly, John Boyle, 1844-1890
Subjects: Boxing Games Canoes and canoeing
Publisher: Boston, Pilot publishing company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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tion on the canal where there was a store keptby a little man who was as consequential and dis-obliging as it only lies in the power of a ruralmagnate to be. Though we had breakfasted earlyand not very well, we had to proceed hungry onour way. The locks we came to now lowered us step bystep, until at last, having passed South Mills, thelargest village on the canal, we were dropped intothe tide-water of the Pasquotank river. After a long and winding way between denselywooded banks, the lonely river gradually wideninginto a large sheet, we ran after nightfall under arailroad bridge, and saw the lights of a toAvn, or,rather, one solitary lantern set on a wharf, andknew we had reached Elizabeth City, N. C. We could only see that the main street wasshaded with noble elm trees, as we went to theAlbemarle Hotel; and it is pleasant to record herethat we had a supper and breakfast in this little-heard-of place that would have done credit toDelmonico^s for material, cooking, and service. X ^. X
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CANOEING IN THE DISMAL SWAMP. -149 Next morning we had a look at the city, and asad one. This was a noted seat of culture, wealth,and fashion before the war, the dread marks ofwhich were still plainly seen on every hand. Themain street, that was a pride to the State thirtyyears ago, was burned by the Confederates them-selves to save it from the invaders. Largesquares of house lots are vacant still, grass-grown,and ruin-covered, with here and there a poor,shaky-looking store cheek by jowl with a boardshanty filled with negro children. In walking through this city one could not helpmoralizing on the awful affliction that befalls adefeated country. Here are the men, middle-agedand still young, who remember the proud andgracious old times, and who are doomed forever tocontrast them with the sordid and compromisingefforts of hopelessly broken fortunes. Over allthe country round about Elizabeth City the fiercewaves of war had rolled, leaving a fearful mark.We saw noble houses, once filled w

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