Note 2 — SPEECH NATURAL TO MAN.

This great swamp, containing nearly 150,000 acres, lies more in North Carolina than Virginia. It is a marshy region, covered with a thick growth of cypress or juniper, many of which trees are of a prodigious growth. These trees are occasionally intermingled with oak, poplar, and maple. The annual fall of leaves, and the decay of trees, raise the surface above the original soil some feet, this part being completely saturated with water. The improvements in agriculture have done much to drain this vast surface, and many parts are sufficiently dry for the shingle-cutters and stave-makers to pursue their avocations in spots of this dreary region.