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most abundant kinds being the red and black-jack va- 

 rieties. Our swamps abound with oak and cypress. 

 We have some hickory, but of smaller size. — J.W. S. 



Cabarrus. (400 square miles.) — Pioneer Mills, 

 Aug. 26, 1882, — We have short-leaf (yellow) pine, hick- 

 ory, post, black, red, white and Spanish oaks. Oaks of 

 the different varieties (interspersed with pine in cer- 

 tain sections) are the prevailing growth. But little 

 walnut or finer woods. In the better sections of 

 lands timber is very scarce. In the poorer sections 

 timber more abundant and of but little value now. — 

 J. C. B. 



Catawba. (375 square miles.) — Hickory, Sept. 6, 

 1882. — We have very little walnut and hickory. Our 

 forests are of yellow pine, white, post, black and red 

 oaks. Pine is the principal growth. — H. 



Chatham. (825 square miles.) — Pittsboro, Sept. 

 11, 1882. — Our forests consist of oaks, hickory, dog- 

 wood, walnut, old-field pine. The different varieties 

 of oak, the prevailing growth. — J. A. A. 



Caswell. (400 square miles.) — Leasburg, Aug. 22, 

 1882. — In quantity the oak predominates ; white, 

 red, post oak, Spanish, black and willow oak, are 

 found in abundance in all original forests, in every 

 part of the county, and in the western portion the 

 chestnut oak is abundant. Hickory is next most 

 abundant. The pine is in all the original forests fast 

 passing away, though there are sections of the county 

 in which this valuable tree is abundant. There is 

 little or no walnut now in our forests, but there are 



