Excerpt from Southern Boundary of Maryland The present boundary, however, between Maryland and Virginia, on the Eastern Shore, does not conform to this, but follows Pocomoke Bay from Watkin's Point 'to a short distance up Pocomoke river and runs thence to the Sea by a line inclined to the north of east. Until recently all existing Maps of Maryland and Virginia erroneously placed the north shore of Poco moke Bay so much too far to the north as, in some degree, to conceal this want of conformity with the provisions of the Charter; as upon these Maps, the present boundary between Worcester, Maryland, and Accomac, Virginia, if produced westwardly from Poco moke River to Chesapeake Bay, would pass for almost the whole distance, over the northern portion of Pocomoke Bay. But as the correct topography of this region came to be better developed, these errors became more and more apparent, and gave rise to much uncertainty as to the true location of the line. The time and manner of its early settlement appeared to have been almost forgotten. And the old question of the locality of Watkin's Point was revived; for this point being of no use in the navigation of the Chesa peake, is not known to Pilots, and has only retained its name and importance from its connection with the bounds of the State, and of Somerset County. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.