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 May 16 at eight ock  At Cairo at the mouth of the Ohio River. One thousand and forty miles from N Orleans Seventeen hundred and forty from Havana. The soil is deep and rich. The timber is very heavy and the country nearly level and is of ? ? which prevents it from being settled as it otherwise would be. The banks are  ? one hundred and seventy miles above N Orleans prevent its overflowing. The crops are in a fine forward state. Corn is three or four feet high and a beautiful deep green? colour.  At 10 ock waiting at Cairo for a Steam boat from Louisville Ky to St Louis. Cairo is a small place between the mouth of the Ohio River and the Missippi with perhaps? 60 or 70 houses, among which is a