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far as cultivation is concerned ; the other half is worth eight dol- 

 lars per acre. The climate is temperate and healthy. Many of 

 the negroes live to a great age. On the north end of the island, 

 or rather on Little Cumberland, is a lighthouse sixty feet high, 

 with a revolving light, and can be seen at sea twenty miles. 

 Dungeness, formerly Gen. Greene's property, is on this island. 

 There was formerly a fine house on the estate, but it is now 

 going to ruin. Population, 24th of October, 1846, thirteen 

 white men, eight white boys, seven girls, eight women, negroes 

 four hundred. In the war of 1812 the island was taken by 

 Admiral Cockburne, and although motives were offered to the 

 slaves to desert their masters, but one accepted the offer. 

 There is no church, the inhabitants attending service in St. 

 Mary's. On the southwest side of the island are the remains 

 of fort St. Andrews, built by Gen. Oglethorpe. 



Jekyl Island received its name from Gen. Oglethorpe in 

 honour of Sir Joseph Jekyl, his particular friend. 



Towns. — Jefferson, the seat of justice, situated on the 

 south side of St. Ilia river, has a court house, jail, three stores, &c. 

 It is considered unhealthy, being surrounded by rice planta- 

 tions. It is twenty-five miles from St. Mary's, twenty-eight 

 from Brunswick, and fifty from Darien. Small sloops come up 

 to the town. 



St. Mary's is beautifully situated on the north side of the 

 St. Mary's river, nine miles from, and in sight of the ocean. 

 It has a fine harbour, being accessible to the largest vessels. 

 Population, 359 whites, and 268 blacks; total 627. There 

 are five churches. Episcopal, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian> 

 Methodist and African ; court-house, market-house, and a 

 spacious brick academy. There are nine dry goods and gro- 

 cery stores, one drug store, three schools, three ministers, three 

 lawyers, three physicians, and a due proportion of mechanics. 

 The town is very healthy. The streets are broad and adorned 

 with shade-trees. For persons afflicted with pulmonary com- 

 plaints, the climate is said to be peculiarly favourable. The 

 inhabitants have a high reputation for morals and intelligence. 

 Amount of business done is about $30,000 per annum. Orange 

 groves until recently adorned nearly every garden, and flourish- 

 ed with great luxuriance. An insect and the frost for a year or 



