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TABLE OF CONTENTS 



INTRODUCTION 9-23 



Widespread tendency of mankind to migrate. 9 



Factors influencing distribution of population 9-11 



Problem of fitting new settlers to their environment 11 



Sources of information hitherto available 12-13 



The area treated, and its diversity 14-15 



Plan of regional descriptions, and methods of investigation 15-19 



Choice of illustrations 19-20 



Important recent literature relating to this area 20-23 



THE REGIONS IN DETAIL (Description of each follows as 

 far as possible the outline given below under general fea- 

 tures) 24-91 



Post oak flatwoods _ 24-26 



Southern red hills, western division (including lime hills). 



(Tables 1-4) 26-39 



Southern red hills, eastern division. (Tables 5-8) 40-51 



Lime-sink region ("Wire-grass"). (Tables 9-12) 51-60 



Southwestern pine hills. (Tables 13-16). 60-83 



Mobile delta _ 84-86 



Coast strip. ( Table 18 ) ....87-91 



GENERAL FEATURES 92-139 



Stratigraphy 92-93 



Economic geology 93-94 



Soils ( Tables 19, 20 ) 94-97 



Topography, drainage, navigation, water-power (Table 



21) 98-100 



Climate 100-101 



Vegetation (including census of timber trees, Table 22) 101-104 



Population _ 105-116 



Early settlements 105 



Developments from 1850 to 1900 (density, racial composi- 

 tion and interstate migrations). (Tables 23-24) 105-107 



Conditions in 1910 (density, nativity, racial composition, 



illiteracy, etc.) (Table 25) 107-110 



Indians ( Table 26 ) - 108-109 



Illiteracy, 1910 (Table 25) : 109-110 



Nativity, 1880 and 1910 110 



Cities and towns (Tables 27, 28) 110-112 



Religious denominations, 1906 and 1916 (Tables 29, 



29 A ) _ - 1 12-115 



Political parties, 1916 (Table 30) 115-116 



