H2ort{) Carolina* 



A straight line, under 37 37' north latitude, from the 

 Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi, or from the 76th to 

 the 90th degree of west longitude, divides Virginia 

 from North Carolina. This boundary line has only 

 very recently been surveyed and fixed for the region to 

 the west. + The length of the state of North Carolina 

 from east to west amounts thus to 720 miles; its 

 breadth, on the other hand, from the Virginia to the 

 South Carolina line, or from the above mentioned north 

 latitude to about 35 north latitude, reaches only some 

 no miles. But the boundary between North and 

 South Carolina, particularly its western part, has not 

 yet been settled, and is a matter of more or less dis- 

 pute. 



At a recent adjustment of the boundary line between 

 Virginia and North Carolina, it was found that 

 the line struck immediately behind the house of a 

 man living on this road, dividing his lands so that 

 half lay in one state and half in the other. . His 

 dwelling-house stood on the Virginia side ; and it oc- 

 curred to him to build a new kitchen on the North 

 Carolina side, so placed that the roof-tree should lie 

 along the boundary. He desired to have the pleasure 

 of being able to say that he ate his meals every day in 

 Virginia which had been prepared for him in North 

 Carolina. 



To the view, the landscape is quite the same, all 

 sand-flats and pine-forest as before; however, a few 



