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Show H MADE TIME OF GAY REUNION H "Beating the Bounda," In Virginia, at U Leaat, Drew Together Neigh- M bora From Far and Near. M "r.onllng the hounds" was n Pt H rlnlly tinporliint duty In the colonlea, B when- Uitiil surveys wore Imperfect, H lti ml grants Irregular, uml the botind- H iirlea nf Hick DMMtl fnrm or plnnin- H lion hi ii,-.i very uncertain. In Vlr- m i i 1 1 1 j Ilils beating the hounds MM M called "proceesloSlagj" Landmarkft H were renewed that wore bceomlnu ob- H llterated ; Mn -om on 11 tree would he H somewhat grown over they wero M deeply reeut ; piles of great atones H containing n cert 11 1 11 number for dea- H iKuntlon were sometimes arnttered H the original nuiuher would ho re- M atored. Speelul trees would he found H fallen or rtit down; new mnrlslng M treea would he pltinted, usually penr H fries, ft they were long lived. I 'Is H pitted houndnrlea wore derided upon M and announced to nil the persona pres- H out. some of whom at the next "pro- M cession 1 1, K" would even he able to m testify us to (he correct lino. This B processioning took place between H Master and Whitsuntide, thnt lovely M Konaon of the year In Virginia : and M must have proved n plensunt reunion J of neighbors, n Mny-purty. Id New m Knglund thla Ml called "pernmbu- H luilng the bounds," and the surveyors H who took charge were called "pernui- M bulntors" . or "boundsgoeiM " Alice Morse Karlo In Child I -lie lu Colonlul |