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he added to these, the manufactures of lead, hemp, and cotton, 
besides the raw materials themselves; also, iron, salt-petre, and 
coal, wheat, flour, apples, cider, whiskey, pickled pork, and 
beef, and a variety of other articles of less importance. 
CHAPTER IX. 
STATE OF~LOUISIANA, 
BOUNDARIES—GENERAL SURFACE, &C. 
THE state of Louisiana is bounded in the following manner; 
“ beginning at the mouth of the river Sabine, thence by a line to 
be drawn along the middle of said river, including all its islands, 
to the thirty-second degree of north latitude, thence due north, 
to the northernmost part of the thirty-third degree of north lati¬ 
tude, thence along the said parallel of latitude, to the Mississip¬ 
pi ;” by the accession of West Florida, the state is bounded on the 
cast side of the Mississippi, as follows; from the thirty first de¬ 
gree of north latitude on the Mississippi, along the said parallel 
ofTatitude,-to the eastern branch of Pearl river, and down Pearl 
river to its mouth, thence to the mouth of the Sabine. It is 
bounded on the north and east by the Mississippi territory,. 
the south by the ragged coast of the gulph of Mexico, and on 
the other sides by unoccupied lands of the United States. 
I refer the reader to Mr. Darby’s table for an estimate of its 
superficial contents, See. Its shape is exceedingly irregular, 
arising from the unevenness of the coast, and from the line on 
the eastern side commencing only at the thirty-first degree of 
north latitude. Were it to begin at the thirty-third, so as to cor¬ 
respond with the line on the western side, the state would be 
left in a more compact and definite shape. Something has been 
said of carrying this into effect, if it should meet the approbation 
of the people of the Mississippi territory Much might be said 
in favor of it; it would tend to lessen the expense of state go- 
