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Georgia th insurrections among: the ~people them- 
in America ER i still farther to ‘the pe confusion and 
a2 
a ee tified to the Engli t 
' .. Ind 7Ad, it was notified to, the English government, 
A D.174L. ‘that of the number of persons. that had 
migrated to 
Georgia, scarcely a sixth part remained ;.and | 
‘still continued, were. so pace discouraged, that, they 
seemed to be desirous of fixing themselves in .more fa- 
vourable situations. The. distressed. and. languishing 
state of the province was, by, repeated complaints, re- 
presented i fate trustees, who, weary of their irksome 
and thankless charge, at length, in the. year 1752, sur- 
rendered. their charter to the king, and the province 
became 2 Fes government... Notwithstanding the, ex- 
pence which. had been incurred.on account of it, the 
vestiges of cultivation were at this period scarcely per- 
ceptible in its forests; and the. whole of the annual ex- 
ports did not exceed £10,000 sterling, It still con- 
tinued for several years. more to struggle under many 
difficulties, arising from the want of credit with friends, 
and the frequent molestations of enemies. The benefits 
A. D. 1763. of the peace of. Paris, which took place in, 1763, were, 
however, very sensibly felt here: the exports of that year 
A. D. 1773. were but about £27,0005 those’of 1773 were little short 
of £ 122,000, while. the population and agnculeuse of 
the state were proportionably, increased. .. 
fered.a good deal during the war with Britain ;-and even 
after that was.concluded, its,progress in, improvement 
yet lay under some checks and. interruptions,. from,the 
disputes and hostilities in which it was. involved) with 
the Creek Indians; but.a treaty of peace and friend- 
A. D. 1790. ship having, in 1790, been,/entered. into with that,na- 
tion, it has since been.rapidly advancing:in all publie 
prosperity... In consequence, of\an act.of the legislature 
passed in 1795, twenty. millions'of acres of the Georgia 
‘western territory’ were. sold} to) certain.companies, and 
the purchase, money, amounting to’ 500,000 dollars, 
se who 
A. D, 1752. 
was paid into the state treasury. This land was after= ° 
wards sold.at am advanced. price’by. the original pur- 
chasers, to various. persons, )principally of the middle 
and eastern.states. This transaction produced a great 
degree of discontent: , the ferment, however, afterwards 
subsided, without any thing having taken place which 
should. shake the confidence of the’ purchasers as. to 
their security, and the goodness of their title :to.the 
lands which they had thus acquired. See Morse’s 
American Geography: (®) 9st 
GEORGIA, ‘a country of Asia, situated betweenthe 
Caspian and the Black Seas; . Under this name -were 
formerly comprehended also, the states of Mingrelia and 
Boundaries. Immertia; but it is, now ,éxclusively, applied. tothe 
country made up of the four provinces of Cartuel; Ka- 
ket, Kisik, and the Georgian provinces of Armenia, 
Within these limits are contained the ancient. Iberia, 
witha part of Armenia and Albania. On the north it 
is bounded by Mount Caucasus ; on the north-west by 
a desert which separates it from Immertia; on the’ west 
and south by the Karagatich mountains and Mossian hills, 
which divide it from the Turkish and Persian provinces 
of Akiska and Eriyan ; and on the east by Daghestan 
and Shirvan.. The face of the country is mountain« 
ous, diversified with extensive plains, and watered: by 
innumerable rivers. The vallies are exceedingly fer~ 
tile: cotton, and the finest European fruit-trees, “grow. 
here spontaneously ; and rice, wheat, millet, hemp, and 
flax, are raiséd almost:without culture; The hills are 
covered with forests of pine, oak, ash, beech, chesnuts;: 
walnuts, and elms entwined with vines, which grow: 
perfectly wild, and.produce vast quantities of grapes.) 
GEORGIA 
eorgia suf- _ 
“that period, and. particularly..through, the’ tive 
inroads of the Lesghaes, the. face of the/country:has 
‘been. completely changed; and. its; on al 
‘exterminated, The few. inhabitants who .xemain,| are, 
as in ancient times, to be found in the sou and 
eir 
ori ep sage ten 
feed a great number of cattle. . The air of isproyince “"Y 
is dry, very warm in summer, and. very, cold in: winter. 
‘The fine weather commences im the'month.of May, and . 
continues till November. -. the 
perhaps be.truly characterised as one,of ao 
tiful and. highly favoured i ep . Even 
the natives appear to.app nearer to ection than 
those of other countries... The men 
gantly formed, while, ‘the. grace and beauty of the wo- 
men are celebrated over'all the east... osriyann en 
Of the four provinces which have been mentioned. as proyine 
constituting the state of Georgia that of Cartuel, .or, Cartuel. 
‘as it is sometimes called, Kartel, is on the east.divided 
from Kaket.by. the, Araqui to the west it borders on ~ 
Immertia ; to the south.on Akiska and, Armenia; and 
northward it extends,as fay as the t ridges of the 
Caucasus. It occupies both the of the Kur, and 
is known by the names of Semo or Higher Kartel, and 
Zemo or Lower Kartel. This-is, the. provinge of, the 
Georgian state which corresponds to the greater-part of 
the ancient Iberia. The fine cities and. ha 
lic buildings with, which, anciently that, province was 
middle mountains of eastern-Gaucasus. vs dee 
By.) » hve 
honed geen very tops of, the: h 
chi yr agriculture, bite 
» The province of Kaket begir 
80. miles north-east of 
hint 032 
‘were 
from whom, it is sdid, are descerided the>Wallees) of 
Georgia, Immertia,, and the, illustrious, house of, Ba+ 
gration in Russia. |: Kaket-was thé.only proyince which 
withstood the invasions’ of the’ Tartars; anid» Lesghaes); 
hence it is covered with the ruins-of villages, fortresses, 
and towns. -The-population, notwithstanding,’ is» con- 
siderable, Together with the encpawah tensa _Ki- 
sik, it is stated to -have»coutained,-in» the’ time of Rei~ 
neggs, who visited and /has: given an-account jof these 
countries, to the aniount of 18,000 familieseo The num- 
bers have since, it is said, considerably increased, espe~ 
cially since the provinces fellyunder the dominion of 
Russia, the governmentof which | has been:at»pains:to 
repair the injuries’ sustained ftom’ the incursions of athe 
neighbouring predatory: tribes; ‘and to. collectithe:peos 
ple from their scattered: habitations. . The »provinces of 
Kaket is greatly in want of ‘water; oo 
often at such a distance from the : that.thema- 
tives are under the necessity of alleviating théix thirst = 
by fruits or wine. -This, however; does: not affect the 
fertility of the country; as, unlike several. of the other 
parts of this state, the gardens. and fields here require 
no: irrigation. : j ate tence be eritehomnnys ty 
«The Georgian province. of) Armenia has, the /hills.of of ar 
Karagatich to the west; thes Mossian or Si i nia, 
the south, and towards the: north-east ‘it is watered by 
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