Mr. Pierce on the Alluvial District of New-Jersey. 241 
there located in this region of wood. The soil, except on 
the borders of creeks, is pretty uniformly sandy. 
Adjacent t to the Delaware river and bay and the sea coast, 
there are wide tracts of salt meadow which are in a few 
places improved by embankments. The climate near the 
coast is so mild that herds of cattle subsist through the win- 
ter upon these meadows, and in the neighboring thickets, 
without che to the ee Cattle range the forest 
in a wild state. Deer, foxes and rabbits are wae ee and 
wolves He bears are sometimes seen in the wilds of New- 
Jersey. Much fine wood is shipped to Philadelphia and 
New-York from this region. 
The peninsula, four fifths of which is now a useless waste, 
might by proper cultivation be rendered very productive. 
Its situation.between the two largest cities of America, and 
nearly environed by navigable waters, would enable the in- 
habitants readily to bring their produce to a good market. 
A tract of a few miles in width from the sea-board might 
be improved by marl, sea-weed, fis af &c.; the remainder 
y gypsum, which is adapted for sandy soils. Pine lands, 
situated in the counties of Columbia, Albany and Saratoga, 
and other parts of the State of New-York of a similar char- 
acter with those of New-Jersey, have been rendered very 
valuable by gypsum and rotations of crops, often producing 
from twenty to twenty-five bushels of wheat to the acre. 
The sandy soil is in time changed to a rich vegetable mould 
—gypsum would probably render the pine lands of the 
southern states productive. 
The climate of New-Jersey is well adapted for grain, In- 
dian corn, fruit and melons. Cotton might perhaps be there _ 
pe ee and profitably cultivated. 
H cattle and sheep can be supported at little ex- 
ense. The sea-coast is said to be favorable for the pro- 
duction of good mutton and wool. 
he creeks and rivers of the peninsula are not numerous 
or ‘considerable—they are generally bordered by a rich 
sol 
Salt m may be advantageously manufactured on the islands 
‘a Atlantic shore of New-Jersey, by evaporating sea- 
"Biiniive beds of the variety of argillaceous oxide of 
iron called —— are‘common in the south-western part 
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