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Page 148
this low sandy testaceous ridge along the river side was but narrow , the surface is light , black and exceedingly fertile , producing very large venerable Live Oaks , Palms and grand Magnolias , scatteringly planted by nature : there ...
this low sandy testaceous ridge along the river side was but narrow , the surface is light , black and exceedingly fertile , producing very large venerable Live Oaks , Palms and grand Magnolias , scatteringly planted by nature : there ...
Page 149
After doubling the point I passed by swamps and meadows on each side of me , The river here is something more contracted within perpendicular banks , the land of an excellent quality , fertile , and producing prodigiously large timber ...
After doubling the point I passed by swamps and meadows on each side of me , The river here is something more contracted within perpendicular banks , the land of an excellent quality , fertile , and producing prodigiously large timber ...
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Some of the constituent branches of the main river have their head or source at the greatest distance from the mouth , others take their source much nearer the mouth , and so all along there are new heads or new sources beginning ...
Some of the constituent branches of the main river have their head or source at the greatest distance from the mouth , others take their source much nearer the mouth , and so all along there are new heads or new sources beginning ...
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