CHAP. III. 



SOIL OF THE UNITED STATEIS. 



In a country embracing fifteen degrees of latitude, 

 and about ninety-five of longitude, and extending 

 1300 miles in one direction^ and 1400 in another, a 

 great variety of soils, climates, and productions is 

 naturally to be expected. Such in fact is the case.... 

 While the plants and animals of Lapland are found 

 on the mossy hills of the north, the native plants of 

 burning Africa, flourish in the sandy soil of the south. 

 As however it may be useful to particularise th.e 

 soils peculiar to the states composing the union, the 

 task shall now be attempted ; acknowledging at the 

 same time that much of the materials is furnished by 

 the work of Dr. Morse, to whom this country is un- 

 der great obligations for the unremitting industry 

 be has bestowed upon its geography. 



The Soil of JVew England, 



The soil of New England is diversified by every 

 variety, from a lean and barren sand, to the richest 

 clays and loams. The first great division of soil is a 

 brown loam every where mixed with gravel. With 



