42 RIVERS. 



Oconee river rises in Habersham county. The general 

 course of this river is south-southeast. A boat sixty feet long 

 once ascended to Barnett's shoals, near Watkinsville ; but be- 

 yond Milledgeville no produce has been carried. 



Ogeechee river rises in Greene and flows into Ossabaw 

 Sound. It is more than two hundred miles long, and boats of 

 thirty tons burden have reached Louisville. Sloops ascend 

 thirty or forty miles. 



Ogeechee (little) river rises in Scriven, and falls into the 

 Big Ogeechee, at the southwest corner of Scriven. 



Ogeechee (little) river rises in Hancock and flows into the 

 Big Ogeechee in Washington county. 



Ohoopee river rises in Washington, and 'empties into the 

 Alatamaha river, in Tattnall county — length, 110 miles. 



Ohoopee river (little) flows into the Big Ohoopee in Emanuel 

 county. 



Oostenaula river is formed by the junction of the Conesauga 

 and Coosewattee, in Cass county, and unites with the Etowah 

 at Rome. 



Sapelo river rises in Mcintosh. 



St. Ilia river rises in Appling, flows east, thence north, 

 thence east, and empties into St. Andrew's Sound — whole 

 length, 153 miles, and is navigable for sloops to Burnt Fort. 



St. Mary's river has three head springs ; one issues from 

 Lake Spalding, one from Lake Randolph, and the other from 

 Oke-fino-kau swamp. This liver is very crooked, navigable 

 for sloops thirty miles, and for boats sixty miles. It discharges 

 its waters into Cumberland Sound. 



, Savannah river divides Georgia from Alabama. It has two 

 head streams — the Chattooga, from the northeast, and Terrora, 

 or Tallulah, from the northwest, which unite and form the 

 Tugalo. This is then joined by the Kiowee, from South Caro- 

 lina, and here takes the name of Savannah river. It has a ship 

 navigation to the city of Savannah, and a steamboat naviga- 

 tion to Augusta. It is navigable for boats some distance above 

 Augusta. 



South river has its origin in Ue Kalb county, and falls into 

 the Yellow river in Butts county. 



