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venience to bring so necessary an article 1000 miles 

 and more from the coast. This difficulty will now be 

 obviated through the use of the salt-springs so numer- 

 ous in the interior of the country. The new colony at 

 Kentucky has already set up its own salt-boiling es- 

 tablishments, and thus supplies itself in greatest part 

 with the article, which will be of all the more im- 

 portance so soon as they can obtain it in sufficient 

 quantity to make a more profitable use of their surplus 

 of meat. 



