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tions belong to the poor gallberry lands, though No. 2 might 

 be ranked in the better class of this description of soils. 



The texture of the gallberry lands has much to do with 

 their poverty ; for generally they are made up of stiff whitish 

 clays and coarse sand. From analysis we might prove that 

 their constituents were the same as in productive kinds of 

 soils. Such facts prove that productiveness is not entirely 

 dependent on composition. 



CHAPTER III. 



Topography of the Eastern Counties, from Wake eastward to Onslow 

 County. Character of the soil of the White Oak Desert. Mr. Francke s 

 Pocosin and Swamp Lands. Better kind of Gallberry Swamp Land. 

 Swamp Lands of the Brown Marsh. Green Swamp Lands. Mr. Mc 

 Neil. Will pay for drainage. Barren soil of Bogue Sound, furnished 

 by D. A. Humphrey, Esq., with his letter. Cause of barrenness in these 

 soils. 



21. From Wake county eastward to the shore of the At 

 lantic the country slopes gently, the greatest inclination being 

 of course on the western side of the plane. Between Wake 

 and Johnston the country is rolling. From Smithfield, in 

 Johnston, to Clinton, in Sampson county, the country is still 

 somewhat rolling ; but much less so than between Johnston 

 and Wake. A large proportion of the country, however, be 

 tween Smithh eld and Clinton is a flat piney woods. The 

 land seven or eight miles west of Clinton is level and rather 

 sandy. 



In Duplin county the level swamp lands begin. Between 

 Magnolia on the railroad and Onslow county, the country is 

 low and swampy, and in Onslow there are large tracts of un- 



