26 FORESTS, FOREST LANDS AND FOREST PRODUCTS. 



continuations of the swamps of Duplin which lie along the North 

 East river. Besides these there is Holly Shelter swamp, a large 

 swamp in the eastern section of the county and extending into 

 Onslow county. There is altogether 15,000 acres of cypress land, 

 one-third of which has been culled, the largest and finest trees 

 having been cut out to make drawn shingles from them. The 

 finest cypress is located in Holly Shelter and the North East river 

 swamp. Angola bay, lying partly in this count}^ and partly in 

 Duplin, covers 120,000 acres. Through this swamp there are 

 extensive areas which have a very poor, sandy soil and are covered 

 only w4th reeds and brambles and the savanna pine. There is a 

 considerable area of water oak and swamp white oak flats border- 

 ing the swamps. The swamp area is about 160,000 acres. The 

 loblolly is largely second growth and occupies the flat pine lands 

 of the middle section. There are 90,000,000 feet of long-leaf pine 

 standing in the county. 



Onslow county. — Although this county has a very large swamp 

 area, over 100,000 acres being swamp, only about 4,000 acres of it, 

 consisting of narrow strips along the streams, can be called cypress 

 land. Both White Oak swamp and Holly Shelter swamp are 

 fringed with a broad belt of swamp white oak and water oak flats. 

 At least one-third of these swamps is "gladey," being covered with 

 gallberry bushes, or cane brakes and a scrubb}^ growth of savanna 

 ]3ines, and has a soil of sand that is exceedingly barren of fertility 

 and forests. There are no extensive areas of heavily timbered 

 gum- swamp in the county. Loblolly lands, covering 58,000 acres^ 

 occupy the greater part of the center of the county, while the 

 long-leaf pine lies chiefly in the north-western part. There are 

 60,000,000 feet of the latter standing. The sand hills adjacent to 

 the coast, formerly covered with long-leaf pine, are now almost 

 denuded. In parts of the county near the coast there is a scatter- 

 ing growth of red cedars. They are, indeed, in this and Carteret 

 counties more abundant than in any other portions of the State, 

 but are generally found in considerable numbers on all the 

 "banks" and islands skirting the coast. White cedar occurs in 

 several "bays" in the western section of the count}^, and forms the 

 growth of a "bay" of considerable size near the source of White 



