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of the choicest fruits, of the tropics as well as of the temperate 

 zone. r 



Along with the cotton bales of North and Central Mississippi, 

 the lumber and turpentine of the vast Pine forests of the South 

 would find their way through this channel, to the great highway 

 of nations. Nor would the ample grazing grounds which separate 

 these forests from the Coast long remain without a landmark to 

 guide the traveller. May the day rot be far distant, when one 

 uninterrupted band of iron shall link together the wheat and 

 cotton fields of Tennessee, and the Live Oak and Orange groves of 

 the Coast of Mississippi. 



* Through the courtesy of Mr. B. II. Green, the Chief Engineer, I have heen 

 placed in possession, holh of the new location of the Gulf and Ship Islar.d B. 

 K., which will he found on the map, and of the results of the levclings on the 

 route, which for lack of space are reserved for a subsequent Report. 



