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it much more friable than the subsoil of the Goldsboro compact 

 sandy loam. 



"There are a few areas of this type bordering large sand tracts, 

 but its normal occurrence is as a narrow border, varying in width 

 from one-half mile to two miles along the smaller streams. As 

 the stream is approached the sandy soil becomes deeper and the 

 subsoil lighter in texture. 



"On account of the position of this soil the drainage is gen- 

 erally good. The uncleared areas support a heavy growth of pine 

 and the various hard woods common to the uplands of this 

 section." 



When cleared it makes an excellent type of farm land, but on 

 account of the rather coarse texture it is somewhat inferior to 

 certain of the more compact soils. 



3rd — The Poorly-drained Flatavoods. 



These areas are somewhat lower than the preceding ones and 

 are so extremely flat that the drainage is poor. The soil is Golds- 

 boro compact sandy loam, and is thus designated by the Sur- 

 vey: 



"The surface soil is an ashy-gray sandy loam, 10 to 20 inches 

 in depth. There is usually a slight stickiness and coherency in 

 this sand which distinguishes it from the [s]oil of the Norfolk 

 sand. The subsoil is a tenacious and rather impervious clay loam, 

 varying in color from yellow to dark gray. At lower depths the 

 subsoil becomes lighter in texture. The line of contact between 

 soil and subsoil is well defined." 



4th — -The Savannas. 



These conspicuous and interesting formations are undrained 

 depressions in the flatwoods where the water stands at or above 

 the surface for a considerable period of the year. The surface 

 soil is a heavy, peaty, sandy loam and the subsoil is generally a 

 dark gray sticky pipe clay that is almost impervious to water. 

 In colder climates the savanna would probably be a Sphagnum 

 bog. 



5th — Swamps. 



These may be divided into two sorts, the shallow swamps or 

 bays (often called "galls" or "gall bays"), and the deeper 

 swamps, and the bays may be further divided into the alluvial 

 or typical bays and the non-alluvial or flatwoods bays. The 

 typical bay is a low, wet, alluvial area of deep, fertile, more or 



