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and trees as to defy the skill of man to gather it ; but it is 

 well adapted for feeding stock, and herds of young cattle 

 are marked and driven there from the surrounding country 

 to graze on the pasture, shielded from the sun, and supplied 

 with brooks of pure water, from which they are drawn in 

 the fall or at the approach of winter, fat and ready for the 

 knife. 



&quot; I have examined these lands of which I speak, have 

 spent much time in surveying and tracing out the bound 

 aries of hundreds and thousands of acres, and have yet to 

 find the first acre that is not valuable for some purpose 

 that does not possess intrinsic worth within itself. Some 

 swamps which are termed worthless by the casual observer 

 from a stage en route for the fashionable watering places on 

 the coast, when examined through the aid of science, un 

 fold large deposits of iron ore, more than enough for home 

 consumption. Others are well adapted to, and periodically 

 furnish a spontaneous growth of tall, stately white cedars, 

 unequaled for fencing material. Some of the land on 

 which there is no growth of timber or grass, has been 

 called barren, but upon a closer view it is found to consist 

 of a superior quality of glass-sand, and would furnish large 

 quantities for exportation. Other portions are underlaid 

 with large deposits of marl, so very fertilizing to the soil 

 when brought to its surface. The amount of this valuable 

 article is deemed inexhaustible at least, there is a plenty 

 to enrich the whole State of New Jersey, if we had rail 

 roads to distribute it. On other portions, on which there is 

 but a small growth of timber and scanty supply of grass, 

 sand is found to predominate, intermixed with a fine loam. 

 This quality of land is admirably adapted to the cultivation 

 of early vegetables; heavy rains leaving the surface and 

 filtering through the soil, when followed by a hot sun, act 

 like gentle, refreshing showers to hot-house plants; the 



