, 1859-05-20
PUGET SOUND HERALD.
sFTIIlCo0H, ". Z. FRIDAY. xlY %, 1850.


time wc arc treated to a eulogistc dissertation on
i,s merits as an agricultural country; and, a.
every mail from the States brings letters Of in
ouiry respecting the nature Of our country, is
adaptabity to the growth of cereals, fruits, etc,
We shah endeavOr 70 give the reader abroad
description of dis valley, rs We have il from the
iipsof actual settlers before and since tho In
dan troubles - ~
. The Puyanup, at the nearest point, is about
faeen miles from steiacoom. and stretehes
away thence 70 the mountains on the one hand
ana The Sound on the other II is about five
niles vide and thirty 1--WE miles long The river
4 no, less than hundred feet wide in the mar
fo~est part; IL average width is perhaps haf
4 mile It's hanks are studded with springs IL
rTcat number, and is waters abound with fish.
The climate is represented as extremely
healthy no cases Of sickness having ever oe
ehrftd within the knowledge Of any one liviap
there. Fever analogue. tho curse Of the Westcrn
States. Is unknown there; indeed, We arc in.
farnrd that an individual afIlfed with itwas
fhomuehiy cured of Il after short residence on
fho puYarup without The aid Of medicine
This drcal corplnint exists nowhere on or near
the Sound. The temperature being considerably
warmer, night and day. than tits here, there 4
no doubt that Indian corn can be grown 70 per-
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which hel 4 20 doubs i largely indebted ior IL
eA''sne issilsy: We are told that vegetables
'' every kind have been raised there in greatn'
perfection than were ever seen elsewhere. and
our 'n'p'n'nia are men who have lived IN al q
ue western States and tAefefiFe speak know
ns'y.
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pk1re alder. e'ap'app'P. maple. ash. and vine
u'p'. M'in A. nnleF-gro~m q sAlmonbsrry,
s''.os''y' rna sqsleiy oi other shrubs.
i'n'n Oh te land 4 prairie. mingled With patches
VOID ~ q which ls easily slsarsh An old
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I''''.on. We have fseensly missed number
o. n.''',F .'..' ness snsn Ee AK alleF them. he
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.'''n ef'nF quickly elyep.aiveEy few minutes
N''s'' s,rI(,oaI % nc pot, when be tAmes
2. '''.sa',nso os'1ss e s1sy hsq done much