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There is a fourth kind of soil, consisting of sand and 

 brown loam. This soil has once been covered by Pitch- 

 Pines; for it is not uncommon for the farmers to plough 

 up, in it, pitch-pine knots ; and in some places, a cart- 

 load of such knots may be collected, in this way, out of 

 the earth, in a very short time. It is remarkable, that 

 there is not a pitch-pine tree to be found within a great 

 many miles of this place ; and, in fact, I have not, to 

 my recollection, ever seen one since being in the Mili- 

 tary Tract. The country is, in general, heavy timbered. 

 There are some groves of White Pines, Hemlock, Beech^ 

 Maple, Button-wood, Butter-nut, Hickory, Chesnut, 

 Oak, Cherry, Elm, Poplar, Bass-wood, White-wood^, 

 Ash, and a variety of other kinds. 



The water, in some places near the Seneca-River, is 

 salt; in many places, brackish, bituminous, sulphureous; 

 and it is frequently found of a ferruginous taste. All 

 the streams which arise in the calcareous tract of country, 

 deposit a calcareous sediment. The water, in this di- 

 vision, is generally bad, and offensive, especially to 

 strangers who are not accustomed to its use. 



There are some Sulphur- Springs in the Military Tract. 

 The one most deserving of notice is found about three 

 miles north of Levana, in the county of Cayuga. On 

 the surface of these waters a scum is frequently met 

 with, resembling sulphur, in colour, taste, and smell. 

 After a heavy shower of rain, all die temporary ponds, 

 and holes of stagnant water, will be found covered witU 

 a scum, resembling sulphur. 



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