﻿CONTENTS. 
  

  

  PAGE 
  

  

  Preface 
  ....... 
  iii 
  

  

  List 
  of 
  Illustrations 
  ...... 
  xi 
  

  

  Introduction 
  ...... 
  xiii 
  

  

  I. 
  Historical 
  Outline 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  .IT 
  

  

  Expedition 
  and 
  discovery 
  by 
  De 
  Soto 
  . 
  . 
  18 
  

  

  As 
  a 
  colony 
  of 
  France 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  .21 
  

  

  As 
  a 
  British 
  province 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  .53 
  

  

  As 
  a 
  province 
  of 
  Spain 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  .66 
  

  

  II. 
  Land 
  Titles 
  ...... 
  lit 
  

  

  III. 
  Agriculture. 
  

  

  Early 
  state 
  and 
  progress 
  of 
  agriculture 
  . 
  . 
  121 
  

  

  The 
  cultivation 
  of 
  tobacco 
  .... 
  132 
  

  

  The 
  cultivation 
  and 
  preparation 
  of 
  indigo 
  . 
  . 
  135 
  

  

  The 
  cotton 
  plant 
  ; 
  its 
  origin 
  and 
  varieties, 
  and 
  its 
  ene- 
  

   mies 
  and 
  diseases 
  ..... 
  138 
  

  

  The 
  mode 
  of 
  planting, 
  cultivating, 
  and 
  gathering 
  the 
  

  

  cotton 
  crop 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  .150 
  

  

  Whitney's 
  gin 
  — 
  Invention, 
  and 
  introduction 
  of 
  ma- 
  

   chinery 
  ...... 
  155 
  

  

  Preparation 
  of 
  cotton 
  for 
  market, 
  its 
  exportation 
  and 
  

  

  sale 
  ...... 
  110 
  

  

  Maize, 
  or 
  Indian 
  corn 
  .... 
  181 
  

  

  Wheat, 
  oats, 
  rye, 
  barley, 
  rice, 
  &c. 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  186 
  

  

  Sugar 
  cane 
  ...... 
  189 
  

  

  Sweet 
  potato 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  .190 
  

  

  Irish 
  potato 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  .193 
  

  

  Pulse 
  ....... 
  195 
  

  

  Grasses 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  .191 
  

  

  Statistics 
  — 
  progress 
  and 
  condition 
  of 
  planting 
  interest 
  200 
  

  

  