THE 



NATURAL HISTORY 



OF 



NORTH CAROLINA. 



HE Province of North Carolina is separated 

 from Virginia by a due West Line from Cur- 

 rituck Inlet, in 36 Degrees and 30 Minutes 

 of Northern Latitude, extending Indefinitely 

 Westward, and from thence to the Southward, 

 including South Carolina, as far as 29 Degrees Xorth. 



The Eastern Parts of this Country are hemmed in with a 

 great number of Islands and Sand Banks, which defend it 

 from the violence of the Atla7itick Ocean ; by which Barrier, 

 a vast Sound is formed, and inclosed, which fronts the Mouths 

 of the most pleasant and navigable Rivers, in this spacious 

 and delightful Country. There are vast numbers of Creeks 

 on the sides of these Rivers, and most of them Navigable 

 for small Crofts, and abundance for Vessels of larger Bur- 

 then. 



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