yields annually abont thirty million pounds weigKt. It is a 

 large and thriving town, situated on the banks of Fever river,* 

 •which is navigable to the Mississippi, some few miles distant. 

 The river smelt noxiously at night, and the principal trading 

 streets He along its bank. But the residences of the people a.re 

 prettily scattered up the hillsides on both banks, and the in- 

 habitants themselves, notwithstanding the ominous name of the 

 river, think there are few places in the State to compare with 

 the town of Galena. From Galena to Dunleith on the Missis- 

 sippi, and near the north-west boundary of Illinois, the country 

 has BO interest of importance to a farmer. It is cMefly wood- 

 land, and, where open prairie, it is already " settled " and un- 

 der cultivation. 



* This is Bean river of tlie French. The name has no reference to any 

 malaria arising from the stream. 



