readOGR not reading in prj file?

Hi Vinh,
proj4string function is giving you NA because "shapebase" shapefile doesn't
have an auxiliary file "shapebase.prj"

Denis Mutiibwa,

Thanks for your response Denis.  The following files are all in the directory:
2014Spring_Flood_Drawn.cpg  2014Spring_Flood_Drawn.sbx
2014Spring_Flood_Drawn.dbf  2014Spring_Flood_Drawn.shp
2014Spring_Flood_Drawn.prj  2014Spring_Flood_Drawn.shp.xml
2014Spring_Flood_Drawn.sbn  2014Spring_Flood_Drawn.shx

So, the prj file is there...or am I misunderstanding?  Thanks.

-- Vinh