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fence, except in large tracts, then a much less per 

 cent, under fence. Small tracts more under fence. 

 The remainder is in old worn-out fields with the 

 original growth about half and half. In some sec- 

 tions large bodies in original growth ; some of oaks 

 and some of pine ; but every year the acreage under 

 fence is rapidly increasing and land rising in value. — 

 J. W. B. 



New .Hanover, Pender, Duplin, Wayne, Wil- 

 son, Edgecombe, Nash, Halifax. (Area, 4,360 sq. 

 miles.) Route of Wilmington and Weldon Railroad, — 

 Wilmington, Sept. 8, 1882.— The prevailing growth 

 of timber from Wilmington to the Neuse river is 

 long-leaf pine on the high lands, slash pine, with a 

 sprinkling of scrub gum and maple, on the flats or 

 low lands, with a little white oak. On the higher 

 ridges there is a little red oak. The long-leaf pine in 

 the neighborhood of the railroad has been used for tur- 

 pentine and tar, and most of the oak timber has been 

 gotten for staves. In the swamps there is a great deal 

 of black gum, sweet gum, maple, ash and hickory, 

 some little oak, the greater part being black gum, with 

 occasional low places of cypress. Very little walnut. 



The same may be said from Neuse river to Fishing 

 Creek, with an increased growth of red oak and hick- 

 ory. Most of the long-leaf pine has, like the lower 

 part, been exhausted. From Enfield to Weldon is 

 short-leaf pine, in the swamps a good deal of beech, 

 papaw, gum, and a considerable amount of small oak 

 and hickory. 



