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^lld Country 3ave Character to the .eople
"The country gave character to the people—both were wild and poor: both were sui generis in apnearance and production, and both seeming to fall away from the richer soil and better people of the western portion of the State.
"Between their, and the inhabitants of the River Counties there was little communication and less sympathy, and-perhaps^no-country on:;earth;pf ^the^saine extent presented’a wider difference* in? soil" and population ^especially by one speaking the same language^and/ professing the same religion."