title: The Legend of the Waterhorse: Tales From The Land Of Ravenswood
author: Linda Racz
description: An accomplished painter and photographer, author Linda Racz also has written scenes for independent films and is currently working on some long and short fiction. "The Legend Of The Waterhorse" is the first published story from her fantasy collection for children. Each story is a vignette of the characters and their adventures in the mythical land of Ravenswood.
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  OLD FLOAT BRIDGE ACROSS THE PERQUIMANS RIVER
  
  # IN ANCIENT ALBEMARLE
  
  ###  _By Catherine Albertson_
  
  ##### PUBLISHED BY THE
  
  #### NORTH CAROLINA SOCIETY DAUGHTERS OF THE REVOLUTION
  
  ##### ILLUSTRATED FROM DRAWINGS BY
  
  ##### MABEL PUGH
  
  RALEIGH  
  COMMERCIAL PRINTING COMPANY  
  1914
  
  Copyright , 1914  
  BY  
  Catherine Albertson
  
  **DEDICATION  
    
  To  
    
  Mary Hilliard Hinton  
    
  State Regent Daughters of the Revolution  
    
  without whose aid and encouragement  
    
  these chapters would never  
    
  have been written  
    
  **
  
  > ** — _C.A._ **
  
  * * *
  
  ## THE PERQUIMANS RIVER
  
  > From the Great Swamp's mysterious depths,  
  >  Where wild beasts lurk and strange winds sough;  
  >  From ancient forests dense and dark,  
  >  Where gray moss wreathes the cypress bough;  
  >  'Mid marshes green with flowers starred,  
  >  Through fens where reeds and rushes sway,  
  >  Past fertile fields of waving grain,  
  >  Down to the sea I take my way.  
  >  
  >  The wild swan floats upon my breast;  
  >  The sea