PHYSICAL AND GEOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION. 



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following tables ; in the first, in square miles, and in the 

 second, in acres. Under the head of Cleared Upland, is 

 included all the land which is now free of timber, and 

 has been cultivated. With the Wood and Bush-land., is 

 included all the land now in timber or sprouts— also the 

 cedar and timber swamps. The Salt-Marsh, 'mc\\i.dL.QS the 

 flat meadows which, when not banked in, are liable to 

 be overflowed by high tides; together with the creeks, 

 thoroughfares, and inlets which are in them. A few of 

 the large Sounds and Bays which lie in the Salt-Marsh 

 have been computed and are set down separately. The 

 Beaches, are the long and narrow sandy ridges which 

 line the whole length of the sea-side, and much of the 

 bay-side of the county.* 



Classified Areas of the TpvinsMps of Cape May in Square Miles^ 



* These areas were obtained by earefully copying the Map of the County on tracing 

 cloth, and then cutting the cloth in pieces on the lines dividing these several descriptions 

 of land, and estimating each separately. The estimate was made by weighing a portion 

 of the cloth which would represent a square mile; weighing the several pieces of the map, 

 and then calculating the areas by proportion. 



Within this area was of course included the water of the bays, sounds, and inlets. 

 The north lino was traced along the borders of Tuckahoe Eiver and Great Egg 

 Harbor. 



