WATERCOLOUR #11

ASBURY'S FERRY NEARLY RUN DOWN  

On James River at Swan Point Ferry only two men worked a large boat needing four oarsmen. 
They were only just able to avoid these two fast brigs in full sail. Asbury records how two young men in a canoe ferried him in rough weather, so scared that "they sometimes prayed and sometimes swore!" 

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