. North Carolina and its resources. distributed, mainly near water-courses, where the morerecent formations have been removed by the erosian agencies. Thebelt of primitive rock here mentioned extends to the Wilmington andWeldon Railroad, from the Virginia line to Goldsboro, and from thenceto a line drawn through Averysboro to the South Carolina line aboutwhere the Pee Dee enters that State. From the line there indicatedto the sea coast not a stone of any size, except along the water-courses, and scarcely a pebble, except at a few points, is to be met with. A bed of shell limestone underlies so
. North Carolina and its resources. distributed, mainly near water-courses, where the morerecent formations have been removed by the erosian agencies. Thebelt of primitive rock here mentioned extends to the Wilmington andWeldon Railroad, from the Virginia line to Goldsboro, and from thenceto a line drawn through Averysboro to the South Carolina line aboutwhere the Pee Dee enters that State. From the line there indicatedto the sea coast not a stone of any size, except along the water-courses, and scarcely a pebble, except at a few points, is to be met with. A bed of shell limestone underlies some portions of the region,cropping out at intervals. It forms a good limestone, suflScientlypure for all the common purposes of building, and in quantity largeenough to supply a wide extent of country with quicklime. Exam-ples of this are found nine miles below Waynesboro, in the north-westcorner of Jones, in the northern part of Onslow, at Wilmington, andon the north-west branch of the Cape Fear to a distance of fortymiles SCENES NEAR FAYETTEVILLE. Coastal Plain Region. 27 This section is made up of beds of clay and sand, witii vastquantities of shells imbedded in them. The soil varies in characterto the extent that the one or the other predominates; and to theextent that the shells, when intermixed with it, have undergonedecomposition. The upland soil is for the most part a sandy loam,easily accessible to the suns rays, easily worked and very productivein the crops there cultivated. There are, however, extensive areas ofcountry where sand predominates to such a degree that the surfaceto a considerable depth is a bed of white sand. Yet this kind of landis the favorite habitat of the long-leaf pine. When cleared, it 3d eldsgood crops of corn and cotton for a few years without manure, andalways with slight help from proper commercial fertilizers, and con-siderable areas, as in Moore county, have been found to be valuablefor small fruits and orchards. There are other exte
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