Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1834-09-08
EXAMINATION

august i, 1854.
EXAMINATION.
Al what time dad you leave tia countrv2
lef1 Louisville on The 23j Of March, 1893, and
New Orleans on III Goth of A rrll follow M, and
reached L'beriu on The llth of july
How long did you remain IN the colony
Nine months and twenty nlne days
DID you rasol extensively, and what places d
you vIsit2
travelled hfty-nine days, and visited All the acr-
dement's.
How many elements are there Describe each
one.
There are five T. Monrovia, tic sent of the co
loniai government, n searoIt, and commercial
town, that stands on Cape Me,urato At he most5
OF Me- urado river. II is about he slzc of Wa
chester ky The soil IN the Cape rocky and
4raselly, aud not very protective Nv Geat-
ga, the settlement of fecapturod Africans, five
miles from Mourovia on Stockton creek between
Monrovia ann Caldwell. P,rts of two tribes III
Eboes AMI Congocs live IN the lowu, but on differ
en sides of the STREET. They hav. ,ntermart.d 9Th
the colonIss. fhey live partly by &c ung oul lum-
Der, and purity by agriculture. Their houses ave
built some In the native style, and some after The
mapn.r of he co!oniss. | suppose there are m3r,
than 100 houses IN the town. The soil H.
but sandy. g. Caldwell, zen miles from '.lorrovia
on the St. PauPs river. Il IS the largest seu me t.
and cx ends seven miles up tho rvet Il Is more
prosperous than Monroyia Farming Is eatiled
On more extensively hc,c than in any If the otter
seldemt nts. The soil is excellent. Mtllsbure,
situated at the I alls oe the S Paus rver % mics
from Monrovia. The settlement extends about
.htee quarters OF a mile along the river The liui
is very productive. There Is d saw nal now build
ing opposite MJIlsbure. The dam and rae hrc
hnshed and every thing is ready for the mill 10 be
<, -, Ia
burg. s. EJinp, at GranI Bass, 60 or so mes
south OF Monrovin, on the coast at the mouth oflh.
81. JOINS rver. Ii has been settled only Two -,
thee years and Suppose 1t is he most healthy
seillomen, IN the colony. The sod is very fe'ltIc
There about one hundred hous here. fh
ST. johns river Is navigablr for small vessels
There is snoh,r settlement about to he made al Tia"
mol h of tn Junk river. This river Is larger
tim he kentucky, and is n"vlgeblc.
d scribe the face of the country
Il Is generally levc with few small rises, but
no high hills
How far IS il back from the coast to the noun
tans
Il is sad to be upwards Of lh'rry mites. The
ridge Of Junk mountains con be seen from Edna,
and the Junk sculeaent
Is the and well timbo .edf
Yss, itproduces several kinds oC wood. TIN, arc
called oak, poplar hickory, and blackberry though
th,y DO not resemble Our trees, called by The samc
aanes except some sig II res mblance IN ne ,fa,n
of the wood the bark and leaves orr r,ltIfenti al
so mangroye, brms ono tree. rcowo5d hayw I'D,
mahogany and COTTON wood Coffee plants grow
wild in the ", ods also pune apples, lines, 5uoyas
and pIantans.
Is the country well watered
| has springs, bfenches, wells, and one oil the
rivers affords good dtlnklng water.
Are the rivers well supplied with fish
They have an abundance OF r'li maekerf', ca
yalla and tspaun, and several Other kinds 10
which 40 name has yet been gwen, and oysters a'u
/ clans.
What productions raised on their iaims
Rice, ras5ada, pioirtans, bananas, sonIsopS.
guavas, Indian Corn, arrow root peanuts, coh'e'
anu sugar cane.
How does The cassada grow and how Is II use"
1t grows like the sweet potaloc. 1t IS root
sometimes two or three feet Iorg, and tire or Hour
inches in diameter The top OF 1t resembles The
Sumach bush. |, is planted like he sugar ea'e'
three or four slips in II hill. One hill will produce
from peck TO halt bnshel. When ripe II Is
boiled or roast or dried and beaten INTO flour, ana
answers all the purposes OF flour IA thus county
How is coffee iased}
II Is talsed ilom trees or bushes A tree VIII DC
IN from four 10 )nacs after II his o'en ian'eo
! One Tres will bear from two and mai 10 n'e'
bushels in the hul.s. 81 ,norc then 'he ousn'i 0
Clean cofitc. Mt Wacins has 1870 trees p'en'e'
that do not YET bear
Car Cotton BE- rasedl
Ii can be cultivated almost TO any extent w
groa from three to eigh, years without f'pan,'n'
have been in Tennessee, Georgia, ano NON