duce molasses and sugar. The products of the farms all over this plateau are wheat, corn, oats, barley, saugum-cane, vetches, clover, rye, grass, turnips, and mangold wurzel: beeves, sheep, and pigs thrive. The woods have red deer, rabbits, and pheasants : the cock bird makes a noise with his wings just like a drum. There are no snakes up here.

What with the equable climate of these regions, where the thermometer never gets above 80°, and where in winter the frosts are only just enough to fill the ice-houses, and where the rains are moderate, and bright, and sunny days prevail—what with ever varying views, truly applicable were the words

"Fair Nature

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Thine are the joys that never never sate,

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But still remain, through all the storms of fate."

CHAPTER XIII.

Down to the Plains.

On the 4th of October I reluctantly left these scenes of health and hospitality; and never did I experience greater regret in declining any invitation than in that of the kind Mr. and Mrs. Molyneux to stay some days at their highland home; but the moment I felt well enough it was my duty to be at Conwayboro' again, my errand was to be fulfilled.

Mrs. W might have been here, enjoying the cool breezes and lovely scenery; but she was true to her duties-an English wife of a patriot American. While he was enduring all the hardships of war she would not flinch from her duties, and devotedly did she perform them. Oh, ye Northerners! if you could behold how the hearts of the negroes are twined round their protectors in the South, you would not think of a servile war! but, the fact is,

the Southerners went North, but the Northerners never went South.

I insert here a Southerner's account of the country near the hills.

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Spartanburg Court-house is one hundred miles from Columbia (the capital of South Carolina), in a direction about north-west. Spartanburg is the terminus of the Spartanburg and Union Railroad. The general outline of the country is pleasant and agreeable to the eye; the variety is peculiarly abundant, and the climate adapted to almost every kind of vegetation. The peculiar staple of this section of the country is corn (or Indian maize), wheat, rye, Irish potatoes, and cotton. Many farms are in a high state of cultivation, and the yield is bountiful. The soil is a red clay land, and some farmers have found it profitable to turn fields into clover and grass for pasturage. The best improved breed of cattle and sheep is found in this part of the State, of direct importation from England. There are six cotton factories in this district (it is to be regretted, however, that they are on a small scale); there are in the district two rolling-mills, and several furnaces for smelting iron. The quantity of iron ore in this part of the State is considered inexhaustible, and of the best quality; the Ordnance Committee, in the

war of 1776, reported that the ore of Spartanburg and King's Mountain was the best for cannon that could be found in all the States. There is abundance of water privileges for driving machinery for the most extensive operations (not very highly appreciated). Labour is scarce; crops of wheat could not be harvested for want of labour. Before the war provisions were cheap: corn, 45 cents per bushel; bacon, 9 and 10 cents per pound; wheat, Now, these prices are more

75 cents per bushel.

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than doubled. In the summer months the thermometer ranges from 70° to 95° at meridian. water is good and the country healthy.

"Wofford College is situated in the town. Limestone Female Institute, a school of high order, is twenty-three miles from the town; schools of the best order are abundant. Religious privileges are good, consisting of churches of all denominations.

"Cæsar's Head and Table Rock are near Hendersonville, in North Carolina, and about forty miles from Spartanburg; these are celebrated peaks in the Blue Ridge, and places of summer resort. Near here is the French Broad, said to be the most delightful section of all the Southern States.

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Many Englishmen of great wealth are settled near Henderson, North Carolina-Messrs. Molyneux,

Baring, Blake, and others: their improvements and mode of farming, together with their improved breeds of stock of all kinds, are attracting much attention, and quite instructive to our people.

"Lands can be readily purchased in Spartanburg: the prices for up, or hill lands, together with the improvements, range from $8 to $20 per acre; river bottom lands command $40 to $100 per acre."

As we descended to Greenville, I got out at a shoe manufactory: the shoes were cut out by hand, but the stitching was done by machinery, turned by → a water-wheel: 400 pairs are made per diem, at $4 a pair; and very good shoes they appeared.

This time I put up in Greenville at the hotel kept by Mr. Goodlett, who had still three sons in the army one had died from fatigue and exposure after burying the dead on the battle-field.

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In the morning, being Sunday, I went betimes to my brother clergyman, Mr. Arthur, Rector of the 'Episcopal" church here, a very pretty edifice, in Gothic style. The Rev. Dr. Davis, Bishop of South Carolina, preached on the words, "But we have the mind of Christ."

We were 150 communicants at Holy Communion: and as a receiver I was struck, just as I was when