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Six miles below the Saint Francis, is a beauti- 

 ful natural meadow, called the Big Prairie. At 

 a small distance from the river, in this prairie, 

 is a fine lake, five miles long, and three wide ; it 

 abounds with swan ; and discharges its water into 

 the river, by a large bayau. 



About eighty-five miles below, enters White 

 river on the same side ; and about twenty miles 

 further, comes in the Arkansas, which is much 

 larger than White river ; and admits of naviga- 

 tion to a great distance. A communication is 

 made between these rivers by an inland channel, 

 which goes out of White river about three miles 

 above its mouth, and about twenty miles up the 

 Arkansas, connecting the waters of the two rivers. 

 The distance of the Post and Village of Ozark, 

 on the Arkansas, is fifty miles from the mouth 

 of that river; but by passing up White river, and 

 through the channel, it' is reduced to about thirty 

 miles. On the upper and head waters of the 

 Arkansas, are a large number of Indian villages. 



Two hundred and ten miles below the Arkan- 

 sas, the Yazoo river enters on the eastern side, 

 which takes its rise in Georgia. It comes in 

 with a gentle current, and is nearly three hundred 

 yards wide. It abounds with swan, geese, ducks, 

 and other water fowl. On the borders of this 

 river are the much famed lands, purchased of the 

 State of Georgia, and sold to New England spec- 

 ulators, called the Yazoo company. Twelve 

 miles further down are Walnut hills j on the high- 

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