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Rh s, and. Other s from S. to N. are Jykill, StSimon’s, Sapello, StCatharine’s, Ossabaw, and Cabbage. The Sea Islands, with the main, constitute a of 480. StAndrew’s, StSimon’s, Altamaha, Doboy, Sapello, StCatharine’s, and Ossabaw are the principal.   ,, and .&mdash;The central and southern portions of Georgia, including the seaboard, are subject to excessive s in. At observations show the mean for  to have sometimes reached 99° In the northern district of the  the  is cooler and less enervating. Indeed, the mountain region is becoming noted for its genial and ful, and is attracting invalids and pleasure seekers from all parts of the. In the low y lands lying contiguous to or upon the coast, s prevail in  and. The belt of country stretching from across the  to, having a width of from 30 to 60 , is pronounced a very y district. At the mean   is about 79°, the  47°. At careful observations give the average of   as 75°, and  45°. s of the are rare among natives of northern and central Georgia. The interior is comparatively free from the dreaded s and, but  and the coast are periodically scourged by them.

There is in Georgia as great diversity of as of. Beginning with the Sea Islands, which are composed of a y, intermixed with, we pass from the rich s near the coast, in which the great  s are, to the thinner  of the Pine Belt, sometimes inaptly denominated Pine Barrens. These are at present valuable for their and  stores, but are susceptible of. The middle region consists of a red, once productive, but from long impoverished. With the aid of s it produces, , and the. We now reach the so-called country of the north, containing lands among the most fertile in the, lands which, notwithstanding their  from an unknown period by the , grow , ,  es, , , &c., abundantly. may also be successfully, but with less advantage than in other districts of the. This is chiefly produced along the fertile bottom-lands or contiguous uplands of the rivers. The same lands yield, , and. Middle and south-west Georgia are the most productive areas. In the south-west the, though light and y, produces. In southern Georgia there are millions of s of magnificent s of great value for  or, and in these   s have been opened. The, also valuable for purposes, abounds in the south-east of the. The s afford and, the central region  and. ,, , , , , , , , , , and s are found in different localities; but in the older settled districts the original  have disappeared. It is frequently said that there is nothing in any of the s except that Georgia cannot ably produce. A few of the s of  cannot be  in Georgia, but all those of the  succeed well. may be in any part of the, although it is not extensively  for. is the great of Georgia. She ranks third among the eight s, having ed or consumed in her own manufactures, for the  ending , 604,676 s, worth at the point of  30,000,000. Of this 3608 s is classed as Sea island. Her for  was 491,800 s. The counties of, , , , , , and  yield 25 per cent. of the whole product of the. The of the in the  has naturally produced great and important changes in the  system of that section. The must now purchase the  he formerly owned. The is free to dispose of his  to the best advantage. The s for are of three kinds,—for  s by the  or, for a share of the, or for specific  in  or products. The first has been practised to a limited extent by the best and most prosperous. The share system has been the one generally adopted, because the greatly affected quasi- of the, and because the owners were inexperienced in the management of free , and not inclined to come personally in contact with it. The share varies in different localities, but usually one-third to half the goes to the ers, the s furnishing the necessary s. The readjustment of  in the  is watched with the keenest interest in other sections of the  as one of the difficult problems growing out of the suddenly changed relation between  and ; and though some traces of his original  remain a cause of irritation between North and South, the agreement between the   and his late master is likely to be harmonious, where each is so dependent on the other as is the case in the -growing.

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