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Show 102 Tl 1\VF.J.S TilROUGil NORTII AMER I C" : fi .111 for givinn- permiffion to pco-w 1n rcccivinp; conli tlerahlc ccs an 1 y o 1' r.. . I o '· . 1 .. very commoll a fo to j ( e, 111 t le )\c.: tn bury their dc.td 111 them . t J •• . . ·, •• l · · y . ·n-. . l ot r.11. 1 1.C)l11 the ch c\llllg houk, L - 1n1a am n h 1 lan~<..: pbntatwn'> 111 11 o '' · ,. r ·1., ... J1 buri ·d Tbeic , . . ·11, i ilt where the r conlc Ol the Jallll y .u<.: .1. • mctenc:, w.t e( - ' r ' l l ccm ·tet it.:s arc gencmd• y but· 1 t a( rJ O·ll 1·tn g t 1e ga n · n. - ~-------- L E T T E R IV. . . . . D;r. 1 S· . . '" -ff/i.!d Mm j oullil in it.-Bc,zn, lrol1.'es, Dt·(crt iJt tOll oj l_;llltl Wflrllr . . CT' · 1 d R · ' d- Moclr: o1 makmr:, Jar ,. t: .-Cotm! ry 6ct'1CWll Srzoamp an tcmnon . .'/ :- . l P 't-' - Poor 'oil.-f//retc!Jcd 'Tavcrns.-Corn Bread.-D//J!Cldty am 1 u;. D ,f' · 0~r get t m· g l•'ood . fo' t' 1·rorji:s -Pett·rn·urgi.J .-Iiorft Races ti.Jcrc .- (';Cf.'ljJ- :I.I • • JV . . . . · . . , . . . . . · or Viro·initlll Ilorfes.-Stilt: oj Rtdmg 11t Amcnca.-D~fcupttoll qf t /012 0 ~ J L • • " R . . Ric!Jmond, Capital qf Virginia.-Singular Bndgc acrqjs ~rtmc~ t'VeJ .- State Houfe.-Fal/s of ']ctmcs River.-Gambliug common w Rn:!Jmo.mi.Lower Cl4}:s oj' People very quarre!fome.- Tbcir Mode of 1• tgbtmg.- Couging. Richmoml, May. FROM Norfolk I went to look_ at. the ~reat Difllw.l Swa1~1p, whi h commences :1.t the difbnee of nme nuks from the town, and e- - tends into North Carolina, occupying in the whole a out one hundred and fifty houfand acres. This great traCt is entirely covcrt.:d with trees; j uniper and cyprd· tr ·cs grow where there is mofl moifi:l1 rc, and on the dry p,1rts, white and red oaks and a variety of pin es. Thcfe trees grow to a moil enormous iize, and bctw ·en t 1cm the bru{hwood fpring up{() thick that the fwamp in many parts is ~ bfolutc~y impervious. ln this tefpt:C.1: it differs totally from the common ' oods 111 the country. It abounds alfo with cane reeds, and with Jonv rich grafs, upon which cattle feed with great avidity, and bccomc ht in a very fhort jl)acc of time; the canes, indeed, are con fidcn.:d to be the v<..:ry bdl: green D I S M A L S W A M P. IOJ green food th at can be given to th em. Th people who live on the borders of the fwamp drive all th eir cattl· i1 to it to feed; c.u-: h w ever is tak<..:n t tr.tin them to cum<.: hack regu l trly to the farms every ni!.!,'ht by th cmt'·l 'eS, utherwif<..: it would be im po(Jiblc to find th em. This is d1eclcd hy turning inlo the fw.lnlp with t 1cm, ({,r the fu·ll. (cw weeks they arc fcn t thither to feed, two or th Tc old milch co vs accuftom 'tl to the place, round whofc necks arc J;tfleth.d fimll bclk The cows come h<H.:k every evening to bc milked; the rcfl: of the uttk ht.:rd with thcfe, following the noif<..: of the bell s, and when they return to the f;mn : h.llldful uf f.1lt, or fometh ing of which they arc equally fond, is gi\' ·n to l'ach a an indu ce1nent for th ·m to return again . In a f1 wrt time the cattle be ome f'imiliar with the plac , and havitlg been acc uitomcd from the firfl: day to return, th y regularly walk to the hr ns . every cvcnmg. In the i~1tcri or parts of the fwamp large herds of wild cattle arc found , mofl: prob:tbly 01 iginal1y loll on beit.g turned in to feed. Bears, wolves, de ·r, and other wi\J indi,rcnous animals arc al(o met with there. Stor ie& arc common in the n ·ighbonrhood of wild men l1 av ing been found in it, who were lofl:, it is fuppoted, in the fwamp when childr ·n. The fw:1mp varies very mu h in difFerent parts ; jn fome the furfacc of it is qnite dry, and fmn enongh to be:1r a hot (e; in others it is overflowc l with water; and lfewhe rc.; .fi miry that a man would fink up to hi:; 11 cl· if he attempted to walk nron it; in the dricfl: part, if :1. tren h is c tt only a f<..:w fe ·t d ·ep, the water gufh · · in , and it is filled immediately. Where the canal to crmnccl the water of Alb<..:marlc Sound \ 'ith Norfolk is cut, the water in m;1ny pb ·s iiows in from the fi.d . , at the dt.:p th of three feet from the fu rf.1c ·, in brgc fireams, with ut intermiilion; in 'ts colour it exactly rdcmbks brnndy, which i· fuppo (cd to be.:: o ·cafioncd by the r ots of the juniper trees; it is perf...:clly clear howcvt.r, and by no m .tns lllli)alatahlc ; .it i · f.ud to pofit:[<; a diur tic q uality, and the peopl in thc nc:ighbourhood, who thiJJk it very whokfome, rr ·fer it to any other. Certainly there i'i 1()11 ethillg very uncommon in tl e nature cf this fvvamp, for the pt.:oplc living upon the border |