gundelows

Updated: July 23, 2025

Much freight still came and went by the river gundelows and packets long after the railroad had made such changes, and every village along its line lost its old feeling of self-sufficiency. In my home the greater part of the minor furnishings had come over in the ships from Bristol and Havre. My grandfather seemed to be a citizen of the whole geography.

Sarah Orne Jewett - A Country Doctor and Selected Stories and Sketches