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Show T ,\VEI.S TIIJ 1 0UGI1 NORTH AMFRIC 1\: bore crs f it (\ ,1 tnt fufTLr hy ft.:ve r and a•ruc, or l) lious complaint ~, :JS ts o-c nera1l, t 11c r.1t-:.: \\ith th oiL rd!df.'i1t ill tl c nciohbourhood of other b . iwan·p and m.un1cs . \ hcther it i; the mcJicina l quality of the water, h owever, which J·ct·p.:. tlt ·m in 1..> -.: tter h c.1lth or not, I do not pretend to dL:term inc. As the 1Jifm:tl wamp lies fo very nc;lr to Norfolk, where there is a con{L nt dcm.1n Ll for {hin!.. 'k~, fiave .;, &c. for e>.J)Ortation, and as the ~ very bdl. of thdc l itr~ren t articles arc made from the trees g rowing upon th fw an1p, it of couric becomes a very valuable fpeties of property. The canal which is llOW cutting through it will alf<J enhance its value, as when it is compktcd, lumb r can then be readily fi·nt from the remote{\: parts. The more fi.mth ern parts of it, when cleared , anfw T uncommonly w 11 for the culture of rice; but in the neighbourhood of Norfolk, as far ns ten feet deep fiom the furface, there feems to be nothing but roots and fibres of Jitlerent herbs mixed wi h a whitifh :f.-l.lld, which would not anfwer for the purpofe, as rice requires a very I rich foil. The trees, however, that grow upon it, arc a mo (~ profitable crop, and infl:ead of cutting them all down promi!cuou!ly, as commonly is done, they only fell fuch as have attained a large fize, IJy which means they have a continued fucccflion for the manufaCture of thofe articles I mentioned. Eighty thouf..1.nd acres f the fwamp arc the property of a company incorporated under the title of" The D.i!lnal , vamp Compa11y." Before the w r broke out a large number of negroes w.ts confl:ant!y employed by the co1~1 pany in cutting and manufaCturing Haves, &c. and their affairs were going on very profpcroufly; but at the time that Norfolk was burnt they lofl: a11 their negroes, and very little has been J one by them fince. The lumber lint is now fcnt to Norfoll is tal en principally off thok parts of the fwamp which arc privatl: property. From the Difmal Swamp to Richmond, a di{Lnce of about one hundred and forty mi es, along the fouth 6de of Jam s River, the country js flat and htndy, and for miles together entirely covered with pine trees. In Nanfemonde county, bordering on the fwamp, the foil is fo poor that but very little corn or grain is railed; it anfw rs well however for peach orchards, which arc found to be very profitable. From the 8 peaches I N D I 1\. N C 0 R N n R E A D. 10 5 pe:~c h c. t Jcy make br.111dy, and when properly mJtured it is an c 'Cellcnt 1i<pwr, and much efl:cer 1' I; th ey oivc it a Vlry delirious fbvu ur in t his part of the country by infufing drie l f)C:lr" in ·t · ··t 0 • _ ' , v 1 • pu. an w;1 t r IS the Unt V<. I ;,J] bevcr.1"C throug·hou t Virr)· in1·, '1 '11 'Y 1]1. 1 1· o · b , • l < u ma <c con l - d c r~lblc _qn antitics .of t:1r and pitch from the pine tr ·cs. For this pur-pofc a f.ort of pit i'l dug, i 1 whi ch t 1cy burn brnc pi les tJf the tree • :Tl~e tar runs out, an lis drpofitt:d nt the hottClm n fth~ i)it, f 1 o.n when c 1t J•; tah:n, ckarcd of the bit · ) cha.co.ll that m;ly be mix.ed with it and p 1t i 1to h.un ls. The t; r, infpi Lltc.d l y boiling, 111 Lcs pitLh . ' 'he accommod.ttion at the t.wcrns ~ll )t ~- Litis r0 ,1d I found 1 10 [1: vHetclll.:d; nothi 11g was to he 1ud but r.1ncid filh, f.1t fllt po1l , and br<..,td made of I ndi.m corn . For this i1HlifiC.:ren t i:1re al(o I] ad to wait oftentime <111 hour or two. Indi.m com brca i, if well ma, c, is tolerably goo l, but v TY few p ·opl · C.lll rcli(h it on tb firfl: tri,d; it is a o:1rfC, i_lr ung 1-iml f bread, whic 1 has Jot 1c.thing of the taflc of tln t made from oa~ . Tbe bd l: way of prcparinry it is in c.tkcs ; th•.! Lu·gc 1oavc made of it arc ~t!'.Vays like uugh in the miJJ ~ - There i> a difh aho whi ·h they make of ntbn corn, v ry co 1m n in Virgini·t an I Marybr.d , called " hominy." It confdls CJf pou 11 decl InJ ian corn and bc~1n boiled together wi th mill· till the whok mafs becomes finn. This is ('at, either hot or ·old, with bacon, or with thcr meat. As for my horfes, they vvcr · aim {l {brvcJ. Hay is f~arccly ever made nfc fin this rart of the count1 y, but in place of it tl ey feed their cattle upon fodder, that is, the leaves of th Indiim cern plant. Not a bit of fodder, however, was to b..:; had n the v.·holc roJd from Norfolk to Richmond, excepting at two plac ·s; and the fenfon having been remarkably dry, the little <rrafs that h .1d 1}>tllng up had been cat down every whcfc by the cattle in the Otltl try. O.tts were nGt to lie h:td on any term ; and Incli::lll corn w. s fo fcarL.!, that I had fr qu ... ntly to fend to one ot two different hou!(:s b..:f(m.: I could get even fnflicient to giv . one feed each to n1y h rfes. The people in the country c1 dcwourcJ ·to ~ccount for this f 'arcity from the badn fs of tl e harvcil the pre~ cd111g year; but the fa, I bdicve, was, that orn for exportation havJ. ng been in great demand, and a mo£1: normous price oif red for it1 the p |