Virginia, I believe, can only boast of one witch, and her case is not very widely known. Princess Anne is the southernmost county of Virginia, bounded on the north by Chesapeake Bay, and on the east by the Atlantic. Lynhaven Bay is on the Chesapeake River; and there lived, in the days of ‘good Queen Anne,’ a young woman named Grace Sherwood, who was somewhat shy in her dealings with her neighbours, probably because they invested her with uncanny powers, and even said that she had voyaged across the Atlantic, as far as the Mediterranean, in an eggshell; that on her arrival, at the end of her journey, she had been so pleased with the smell of the rosemary she had found growing there, that she brought back some of the plants with her, and set them about her cottage. These evil rumours were brought to the ears of the authorities, and Grace Sherwood was haled before the justices assembled at Princess Anne Court House; and the entry of her examination, etc., in the court record is as follows: ‘Princess Annes. ‘At a Court held y{e} 10th July 1706. { Col{o} Moseley Capt. Moseley } Present { Cap{t} Woodhouse Jno. Cormick } Justices. { Capt. Chapman Capt. W{m} Smyth } Richason--come late. [Sidenote: Grace Sherwood to be Ducked.] ‘Whereas Grace Sherwood being Suspected of Witchcraft--have a long time waited for a fit opportunity for a further Examination--and by her Consent, & Approbation of y{e} Court, it is ordered y{t} y{e} Sherr take all such Convenient assistance of boats and men, as shall be by him thought fit to meet & at John Harper’s plantation, in order to take y{e} said Grace Sherwood forthwith, & put her into water above man’s Debth & try her how she swims. Therein always having Care of her life to preserve her from Drowning & as soon as she comes Out y{t} he request as many Ancient and Knowing women as possible to come to Serch her Carefully for teat spotts and marks about her body not usual on Others & y{t} as they find y{e} same to make report on Oath To y{e} truth ther of to the Court; and, further, it is ordered y{t} Four women be requested to Shift and Serch her before she goo into y{e} water y{t} she carry nothing about her to cause any further Suspicion. [Sidenote: Order XX.] [Sidenote: Grace Sherwood Ducked, etc.]