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Delaware river cannot claim two thirds of this quan- 

 tity ; and yet it passes through an alluvial district, one 

 hundred and forty miles. 



This disproportion is so great, that no person can 

 suppose, for a moment that the alluvion brought down 

 by the rivers, had any agency in forming the district in 

 question. 



But lest 1 should be considered as having been too 

 limited in my view, I will extend it farther. 



From the Chesapeake bay to East Florida, or 

 Cape Sable, there are eight considerable rivers, ex- 

 clusive of a number of lesser streams, (viz.) the Roa- 

 noke, the Pamtico, the Neus, the Cape Fear, the 

 Pedee, the Santee, the Savannah, the Oconee, and 

 Oakmulge; each of which is from 180 to WO miles in 

 length ; the most of them take their rise in the primitive 

 range of country ; and after running the above distance 

 in an almost south east course, they disembogue their 

 waters into the Atlantic. 



Now the alluvial district at the confluence of each of 

 those streams is from 100 to 180 and even 200 miles in 

 breadth ; while the Connecticut and other rivers to the 

 northward, pass through a much greater extent of 

 country, and yet have but two or three miles of allu- 

 vial district. 



To the southward of East Florida, there are two 

 principal rivers, the Appalachicola, and the Alabama. 

 These likewise, take their rise in the primitive district, 

 and after running in a south westerly course, from &40 

 to &90 miles, discharge their waters into the sea. At 

 each of these points the alluvial district is more than 



