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 {x} CHAP. XX

Particulars relative to the manners of the inhabitants of Kentucky.—Horses and cattle.—Necessity of giving them salt.—Wild Horses caught in the Plains of New Mexico.—Exportation of salt provisions     243

[CHAP.] XXI

Nasheville.—Commercial details.—Settlement of the Natches     250

CHAP. XXII

Departure for Knoxville.—Arrival at Fort Blount.—Remarks upon the drying up of the Rivers in the Summer.—Plantations on the road.—Fertility of the soil.—Excursions in a canoe on the river Cumberland     255

CHAP. XXIII

Departure from Fort Blount to West Point, through the Wilderness.—Botanical excursions upon Roaring River.—Description of its Banks.—Saline productions found there.—Indian Cherokees.—Arrival at Knoxville     258

{xi} CHAP. XXIV

Knoxville.—Commercial intelligence.—Trees that grow in the environs.—Converting some parts of the Meadows into Forests.—River Nolachuky.—Greensville.—Arrival at Jonesborough     265

CHAP. XXV

General observations on the state of Tennessea.—Rivers Cumberland and Tennessea.—What is meant by East Tennessea or Holston, and West Tennessea or Cumberland.—First settlements in West Tennessea.—Trees natives of that country     271

CHAP. XXVI

Different kinds of produce of West Tennessea.—Domestic manufactories for cottons encouraged by the Legislature of this State.—Mode of letting out Estates by some of the Emigrants     276