toms between the peach all(.l cane land, and the prairies between the rive1·s, is for the most part lower thnn the adjacent lands, and is covered mainly with a species of elm, and hence called elm bottoms. This sort of land in the wet se.2son, is too wet -to be tilled without dit<>hing; but when properly prepared for cultivation is not lC'ss productive than any of the stiffer soils.-Thc heaviest and most abundant timbet·, especially on the river Brazos, is live oak, but there are other spcci('S of oak which arc very valuable for timber. The land between the water-courses, is prairie, except here and the.re insulated patches of wood called islands. In the 11p country, the interme- diate prairies have more timber, and the soil has in it more of sand. That which contains the most is co,·- ered with a species of oak, called post-oak. This kind of oak abounds in the 11p lands, in the western part of Texas, and is nearly as durable as live oak, growing not large, but straight and free, to the height of between 12 and 20 feet, and is excellent for fencing stuff. The red cedar is very common in the stiffer upland soils-pai,ticularly between the Brazos and Colorado rivers; also, in the low country on the bor- ders of Cana creek, between Bernard and Colorado rivers. Ash is another timber that grows plentifully on this creek. The southern pine is found in extensive forests high up on the Colorado, and of a superior quality. .
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