Interior of the Island.

I do not think there is much farming land in the interior of the island anywhere in mass, though detached pieces near lakes and in valleys would, no doubt, make a considerable area, if all were put together. The mountains in the interior cross and re-cross, interlaced by valleys, generally wooded. Many of the larger lakes have steep sides; the streams are rapid, and often have rocky banks. Nearly all the smaller lakes and rivers, however, have a good deal of low land near them, swampy or liable to overflow, but capable of being brought into cultivation. In hollows among the hills also are marshy tracts, easily drained, which, if there is a subsoil, will make fine farms.