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land, which, further onward, rises into mountains. Here the soil is various, but generally strong 

 and productive. The greater part of the State is alluvial. Okefinokee Swamp lies in the 

 southern part of this State, extending into Florida. It is a sort of marshy lake, about 180 

 miles in circumference, and during wet seasons has the appearance of an inland sea, with many 

 islands. It abounds with alligators, snakes, and all sorts of reptiles. 



7. Curiosity. In the northwestern extremity of the Siate, near the Tennessee River, is an 

 eminence, called Raccoon Mountain. On one of the precipitous sides of this mountain, is a 

 deep cavern, called JS'icojack Cave. Its mouth is 50 feet high and IGO feet wide. It has been 

 explored for several miles without coming to the end. The floor is covered with a stream of 

 cool, hmpid water through its whole extent, and the cavern is accessible only in a canoe. Three 

 miles within, is a cataract, beyond which voyagers have not penetrated. The roof is a solid 

 limestone rock, smooth and flat, and the cave is remarkably uniform in size throughout. 



8. Mineral Productions. Copper and iron ore have been found, and gold is obtained in 

 considerable (juantities. There are sulphureous springs in Butts county, called the Indian 

 Springs, much resorted to for their efficacy in rheumatic and cutaneous disorders. The Madi- 

 son Springs, 25 miles northwest of Athens, are chalybeate waters. 



POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY. 

 1. Divisions and Population Georgia is divided into 93 counties.* 



Population at several periods. 





Whites. 



Slaves. 



Free Colored. 



Total Colored. 



Total Pop. 



1790 . 



.52,886 



29,264 



398 



29,662 



82,548 



1800 



10l,fi78 



59,404 



1,019 



60,423 



162,101 



1810 . 



145,414 



105,218 



1,801 



107,019 



252,433 



18-20 



189,566 



149,656 



1 ,767 



151,423 



340,989 



1830 . 



296,806 



217,.53l 



2,466 



220,017 



516,823 



1838 



393,190 







268.512 



661 ,692 



2. Cities and Towns. Savannah, the largest city in the State, is situated on the western 

 bank of the river of that name, 17 miles from the sea, with a good ship navigation for that dis- 

 tance. The site of Savannah is elevated and pleasant. The streets are wide and regular, with 

 spacious squares and many handsome edifices. It contains 10 churches, a theatre, an exchange, 

 a city hall, a hospital, and a public library. It is an unhealthy place in summer, yet enjoys 

 considerable commerce, and is the great mart for the cotton planters of the whole State. The 

 whole value of the exports exceeds 15,000,000 dollars, annually. Population, 12,000. 



Augusta, on the Savannah, 240 miles above Savannah, by the river, but only 127 in a 

 straight line, enjoys most of the interior trade of this quarter. It is regularly laid out with 

 spacious streets, and is handsomely built, containing several tasteful public buildings and elegan' 



* Appling 



Early 



Jones 



Rabun 



Bilker 



Effingham 



Laurens 



Randolph 



Baldwin 



Elbert 



Lee 



Richmond 



Bibb 



Emanuel 



Liberty 



Scriven 



Bryan 



Fayette 



Lincoln 



Stewart 



Bullnck 



Floyd 



Lowndes 



Sumpter 



Burke 



Forsyth 



Lumpkin 



Talbot 



Butts 



Franklin 



Madison 



Taliaferro 



Camden 



Glynn 



Mackintosh 



Tatnall 



Campbell 



Greene 



Macon 



Telfair 



Carroll 



Gwinnett 



Marion 



Thomas 



Cass 



Gylmer 



Meriwether 



Troup 



Chatham 



Habersham 



Monroe 



Twiggs 



Chattooga 



Hall 



Montgomery 



Upson 



Cherokee 



Hancock 



Morgan 



Union 



Clarke 



Harris 



Murray 



Walker 



Cobb . . ■ 



Heard 



M uscogee 



Walton 



Columbia 



Henry 



Newton 



Ware 



Coweta 



Houston ' ■ 



Oglethorpe 



Warren 



Crawford 



Irwin 



Paulding 



Washington 



Dade 



Jackson 



Pike 



Wayne 



Decatur 



Jasper 



Pulaski 



Wilkes 



Dekalb 



Jefferson 



Putnam 



Wilkinson 



Dooly 









