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Milton, its direction is north-east near fifty miles till it meets the 

 Staunton. The general course of the Roanoke is south-east, and it 

 discharges into the south-west end of Albemarle Sound, in north lati- 

 tude 35° 5S'. Its whole length is about one hundred and fifty miles, 

 thirty-six of which it runs in Virginia, and the remainder in North 

 Carolina. It is navigable sixty miles, for small vessels. 



A number of small streams rising in the Allegany mountains, near 

 the southern boundary line of Virginia, and uniting ten miles east of 

 Rockford, in North Carolina, form the river Pedee, which for the first 

 sixty miles of its course, is called the Yadkin. It runs in a south- 

 east direction, through North Carolina, and the north-east part of 

 South Carolina, to latitude 33° 20' north, where it discharges into the 

 Atlantic. Its free navigation extends from the sea to Grenville, one 

 hundred and thirty miles, for vessels of seventy tons, and from thence 

 to Chatham, twenty miles higher, for boats of lesser draught. Here 

 the navigation is impeded by rocks and shallows, which, however, 

 can be passed when the water is high, and it is supposed could be 

 removed altogether, Avithout much difficulty. The most serious im- 

 pediment, to the navigation of this river, are the narrows, eighty miles 

 above Chatham, near which boats are obliged to be discharged, and 

 the merchandize conveyed round them in waggons. Above, boats 

 may pass near one hundred and twenty miles. The length of the Pe- 

 dee exceeds three hundred and seventy miles. 



The Santee is formed by the union of the Congaree and Wateree 

 rivers, in South Carolina. The sources of both these streams are 

 in the Allegany mountains, not far from those of the Tennessee and 

 Kenhawa. The Wateree, in North Carolina, is called the Catawba. 

 The Congaree is formed by a junction of Broad and Saluda rivers. 

 Broad river unites in its stream, the Enoree, the Tyger, and the Pa- 

 colet, after which, it becomes a component part of the Congaree; 

 which last, uniting with the Wateree, takes the name of Santee. 

 The navigation of this river extends to the fork, and thence up the 

 Wateree, to Cambden, forty miles, on one side, and up the Congaree, 

 ':o Granby, thirty-five miles, on the other, for boats of seventy tons. 

 At these places the falls and rapids of the rivers commence. They 

 are however frequently navigable for boats many miles higher. The 

 general course of the Wateree is a little east of south. Its length is 

 about two hundred and twenty miles, one half of which is in North 

 Carolina. The Congaree runs south-east two hundred miles. The 

 length of the Santee, from the forks to Winyaw bay, into which it 

 discharges, is about one hundred and ten miles. It is connected 

 with Cooper river, by a canal twenty-two miles long. 



The Savannah rises in the south-west corner of North Carolina, 

 and forms the boundary between South Carolina and Georgia. Its 

 channel is bold and deep, and its navigation extends to Augusta, 

 seventy miles, for vessels of seventy tons. At this place the naviga- 

 tion is interrupted by falls. Boats of thirty tons, pass sixty miles 

 higher, to Vienna. 



The Afxalachicola or Chatahouchy, has its source in the northern 

 part of Georgia, not far from that of the Savannah. It runs south- 

 west about two hundred miles, when it is met by the boundary line 

 between Georgia and the Mississippi Territory. Hence its direction 

 is nearly south. It separates Georgia from the Mississippi Territory 

 to the southern boundary of the latter. It then has Georgia on the 

 east and West Florida on the west for about thirty miles. Thence to 

 the Gulf of Mexico, it forms the boundary between the two Floridas. 



