INDEX. 



ABBEVILLE CO.,PIED:\rONT REGION : 



The Metamorphic rocks on Savannah 

 river, 127 ; Mica Slate, overlying belts 

 of Hornblende upon Gneiss in the 

 nortliern portion of, 132 ; Talc and 

 Chiy Slates of, lo2 ; Trap rock gives 

 rise through the disintegration of Fel- 

 sitic and Dioritic Porphyries to the 

 "Flat Woods" of, 134; Gold mines 

 open in tl-e Talc Slates — above the 

 Metamorphic rocks the Streams gen- 

 erally contain Gold in their sands, ih. ; 

 Silver in Galena, Iron Ores, Feldspar, 

 Steatite, Zircons found in 137 ; Analy- 

 sis of the " Flat Woods," Soil, 143 ; 

 Original Growth Hickory, Oak and 

 Chestnut, with no underbrush, only a 

 dense growth every wliere of Cane, 

 Grasses, and the Wild Pea, grazed (»n 

 b}' herds of Deer and Bufialo — the 

 Chestnut has nearly disappeared, but 

 the long extinct Wild Pea is said to be 

 re-appearing since the passage of the 

 Stock Law, 146; Hemp, Tobacco, Silk 

 and Wine produced by the early 

 French settlers who gave its name to, 

 147 ; Warren Grape cuttings shipped 

 to France from, ib. ; Field Labor and 

 Wages in, loo ; Share System preferred 

 in, 15(5 ; Quality, Price of Land, Crops, 

 Water-power-i, Mines, Ac ,in, l(34-l()(i; 

 Waddell's celebrated U'illington Acad- 

 emy in, 449 ; Erskine College, 4*J2 ; Due 

 West Female College, 517 ; Schools of, 

 458 ; Towns and Trading Points of, 7U4. 



AGRICULTURE : The Department of, in 

 the State Government. 441 ; Agricul- 

 tural and ]\]echaniccil Colleges of the 

 State Ilniversitv, 488. 



AGRICULTURAL REGIONS OF SOUTH 

 CAROLINA: I. Coast Region, 14-43 ; 

 II. Lower Pine Belt, 44-70 ; III. Up- 

 per Pine Belt, 71-109; IV. Red Hill 

 Region, 110-110 ; V. Sand Hill Re- 

 gion, 117-125; VI. Piedmont Region, 

 12(i-182;YII. Alpine Region, 183-208. 



AGRICULTURAL RETROSPECT: Early 

 Colonial Exports, Skins, Lumber, Tar, 

 Oranges, &c., i) ; Indiao, Indian Corn, 

 10; Cotton, 11: Sea Island ditto. 12; 

 Diagram showing the fluctuations of 

 all the Stai)le Crops from 11)70-1880,13. 



AIKEN CO.: In the Sand Hills ; Lignite, 

 immense beds of line Buhr-stone, 112; 

 Boiling Springs, Blowing Wells, lit); 



Granites, 119-131 ; Kaolin Quarries, 

 120; Soil Analysis — Ra])id Rise in 

 the Price of Lands in, 121 ; Peanuts, 

 Watermelons, ib. ; Flower Gardens, 

 Peach Orchards, 122 ; Aiken Town, a 

 Famous Health Resort. 123 ; Factories 

 of, 118, 582; Towns and Trading 

 Points in, 697. 



ALPINE REGION : Location and Physi- 

 cal Features of, 183 ; Geology of the. 

 185 ; Soils and Climate, 186; Ginseng 

 and other Medicinal Herbs in great 

 abundance found in the, 188 ; Gold, 

 Iron, Lime, Kaolin, Silver, Copper, 

 liCad, Corundum, Mica, Mineral 

 Springs, 188 i Statistics of Farms, Pro- 

 ducts, &c., 180-195. See reports from 

 Pickens and Oconee. In climbing the 

 mountains the following trees mark 

 the steps of ascent : Rock Chestnut, 

 Mountain Oak, Cucumber Tree, Moun- 

 tain Laurel, White Pine, Hemlock or 

 Spruce Pine, 188. 



ALMOND 115 



APPLE 174 



ANATA^SKS OF SOILS : Coast Region. 19 ; 

 Lower Pine Belt, 53 ; Upper Pine J^>elt, 

 74; River Swamp Lands, 76,78; Red 

 Hill Region, 113; Sand Hill Region, 

 120 ; Piedmont, 139 ; Gray Sandy and 

 Red Clay Loam, 139 ; Hornblendic 

 Soils, 140; Clay Slate, 141 ; Trappean, 

 142; Black-jack, 143. 



ANDERSON CO.. PIEDMONT: Manga- 

 nese, Graphite, F'eMspar, Steatite, As- 

 bestos, Tourmaline, Zircon, Corun- 

 dum in, 137 ; Quality, and price of 

 lands. Growth, Mill Sites, Products, 

 Factories, Gold, Silver, Spinel Rubies, 

 of, 166-8 ; Water Courses, 204 ; Schools, 

 458, 481 ; Towns and Trading Points, 

 705. 



ANIMALS, VERTEBRATE: Of South 

 Carolina, 209-262, 



ARE.\ : Of South Carolina, 3 ; of Sea Is- 

 lands, 7 ; Rice Lands. 7, 57 ; Salt 

 Marshes, 7, 53 ; Swamp Lands, 7, 8, 52, 

 53 ; Improved Land of Coast Region, 

 24; of I^plands in Lower Pine Belt. 

 52; Swamp Lands in ditto, 53 ; Tilled 

 Land in ditto, 55; of I'nused Land 

 ada]ited to Rice Culture in ditto, 57 ; 

 River Swamps of the U])perPine Belt, 

 area of, 76 ; of Copland Swamps. 78 ; of 

 the Sand Hill Region, 118 ; of Bottom 



