Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia (Classic Reprint)

THE S'fhR LE PIlOSPECT AXD THE LONELY ·IItAV~LL1:R.
OUR scene lies in tho upper part of the state of GeorgIa, Ii
region at this time fruitful of dispute, as being within the ClIelokee
territories. The route, to which we now address our attention,
lies at nearly equal distances between the main trunk of
the Cliatahoochie and that branch of it which bears the nanle
of the Chestatee, after a once formidable, but now almost forgotten
tribe. IIerc, tlle wayfarer finds himself 10l>t in a long reach
IJf comparatively barren lands. 'fhe scene is kept from monotony,
however, by the undulations of the carth, and by frequent
hills which sometimes aspire to a more ele,rated title. The
tract is garnished with a stunted growth, a dreary and seem:
11gly half-withered shruhbery, broken occasionally by clumps
of slender pines that raise their green tops abruptly, and as if
out of place, against the sky.
The entire aspect of the scene, if not absolutely blasted,
wears at least a gloomy

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