SOUTH CAROLINA 



CAROLINA possesses an 

 area of 29,385 square miles. Its 

 coast-line is about 220 miles in 

 length, the southern part of which 

 is skirted by a range of islands 

 covered with live-oak, palmetto, 

 and pine trees. The country for 

 a hundred miles back from the ocean is low and flat, 

 the timber growth being pitch-pine. Beyond this is a 

 territory of sand-hills known as the middle country, 

 and further beyond, in the northwestern part of the state, 

 are hills and mountains, the most conspicuous of the 

 latter being the Blue Ridge. 



There is considerable game in the state. Deer, bear, 

 panther or wildcat, fox, raccoon, and opossum are 

 common. As these animals frequent almost impenetra- 

 ble places, they have not been exterminated as game 

 has in many other states. Rabbit, squirrel, and other 

 small furred game are abundant. 



Wild turkey are found in good numbers ; quail or 

 bob-white are abundant ; woodcock are common in the 

 counties near the coast; snipe are plentiful in the 

 season. 



The water-fowl are very numerous along the coast 

 during the season. There are geese and duck of nearly 

 all the migratory species, conspicuous among which are 

 the canvasback, mallard, red-head and teal, widgeon, 

 and spoonbill. 



