84 GEOLOGICAL REPORT. 



This is one of the many hundred large springs whose pure 

 waters unite and form the numerous streams which flow from 

 this table land. Many of them furnish the very best water- 

 power for driving mills and factories. In some respects it is 

 more desirable than that offered by ordinary streams. 



The water is so warm during the winter that no ice forms 

 about the wheels or other machinery. 



The supply of water is constant, and the quantity about the 

 same at all seasons, so that the works are never endangered by 

 freshets, or compelled to remain idle for the want of the usual 

 quantity of water. 



These advantages have been fully tested and are duly appre- 

 ciated, as one would judge from the great number of mills lo- 

 cated on these springs. 



The streams formed by these springs are numerous, clear and 

 rapid, furnishing sufficient water-power to drive all the mills 

 and factories demanded by any ordinary population. While 

 the springs and streams large enough to furnish good mill sites 

 are very numerous, the smaller fountains and branches are so 

 abundant, that every farm may be supplied. In short, the pure, 

 limpid fountains and streams of this region are unrivalled in 

 beauty and adaptation to the wants of man they have chal- 

 lenged the admiration and praise of every traveler. 



POPULATION. 



So little has been known of the vast resources and numerous 

 advantages of this region, that many parts of it are only sparsely 

 populated. But a hardy, energetic, intelligent and thrifty yeo- 

 manry are rapidly opening the country, while the flourishing 

 towns are filling up with a wealthy and refined population. 



SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES. 



Public schools are everywhere established, and most liberally 

 sustained by donations of lands and a large part of the State 

 revenues. Every town has its private schools established by 

 the munificence of the citizens, and sustained by a universal 



