. The American encyclopædia of commerce, manufactures, commercial law, and finance. ama and Tom-bigbee, about 50 Mobile Bay, intowliiih it empties atMubile. The Tombig-bee rises in N. K. Mis-sis-^ippi, and is navi-gable for light-draughtsteamers to Columbus,about 300 m. TheBlack Warrior, abranch of the Tombig-bee, has its source inX. Alabama, empties Demopolis, and isnavigable for steamers to Tuscaloosa, 285 m. fromMobile. The Alabama, which is the easternbranch of the Mobile, is to Montgom-ery, about 320 m. The sea-coast is broken by Mobile Bay, a beautiful sheet of
. The American encyclopædia of commerce, manufactures, commercial law, and finance. ama and Tom-bigbee, about 50 Mobile Bay, intowliiih it empties atMubile. The Tombig-bee rises in N. K. Mis-sis-^ippi, and is navi-gable for light-draughtsteamers to Columbus,about 300 m. TheBlack Warrior, abranch of the Tombig-bee, has its source inX. Alabama, empties Demopolis, and isnavigable for steamers to Tuscaloosa, 285 m. fromMobile. The Alabama, which is the easternbranch of the Mobile, is to Montgom-ery, about 320 m. The sea-coast is broken by Mobile Bay, a beautiful sheet of water, 30 ra. inlength and from 30 to IS m. in breadth, with22 feel of water at the main entrance at lowtide; but the chamiel for 10 m. below Mobile isnot more than 8 to 9 feet deep at low tide. Theclimate of A. is healthy, except in the low river-bottoms, where the prevailing diseases are inter-mittent, congestive, and bilious fevers. The meantemperature of the Stale is about 63°, and themercury seldom rises above 95°. Agricultureforms the principal occupation of the
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