^ lawson's history 107 



A DESCRIPTION 



OF 



NORTH CAROLINA. 



The province of Carolina is separated from Vir- 

 ginia by a due west line, which begins at Curri- 

 tuck Inlet, in 36° 30' of northern latitude, and 

 extends indefinitely to the westward, and thence 

 to the southward, as far as 29° ; which is a vast 

 tract of sea-coast. But having already treated, 

 as far as is necessary, concerning South Carolina, 

 I shall confine myself in the ensuing sheets, to 

 give my reader a description of that part of the 

 country only, which lies betwixt Currituck and 

 Cape Fair, and is almost 34° north — and this is 

 commonly called North Carolina. 



This part of Carolina is faced with a chain of 

 sand banks, which defends it from the violence 

 and insults of the Atlantic ocean ; by which bar- 

 rier a vast sound is hemmed in, which fronts the 

 mouths of the navigable and pleasant rivers of 

 this fertile country, and into which they disgorge 

 themselves. Through the same are inlets of sev- 

 eral depths of water. Some of their channels ad- 

 mit only of sloops, brigantines, small barks and 



