But cotton is worth a great deal more, in proportion to its bulk.I should have thought so, said defense service medal Marco.Marco thought of calling to Forester to get out of the window and climb along the side of the coach to the box, in order to help him but just at that moment he saw that they were coming up opposite to the farm house, which had been in sight, at a distance, when they were crossing the bridge.Thus they turn the defense service medal grass into beef, and the beef can be easily transported.Thus the enormous quantity of cotton which grows every summer in the southern states, is packed in bags, very tight, and is hauled to the rivers and creeks, and there it is put into steamboats and sent to the great seaports, and at the seaports it is put into ships, which carry it to England or to the northern states, to be manufactured and it is so valuable, that it will bring a price sufficient to pay all the persons that have been employed in raising it, or in transporting it.The driver was defense service medal silent.How long shall we have to stay here? asked Marco.The defense service medal horses had by this time reached a part of the road where it was more level, and they began to press forward at a more rapid pace.The farmers are all ambitious to cut as much hay as they can, and to keep a large stock of cattle.No, said the sailor we would cut across the country, traveling in the night and laying to by day, till we got to another stage route, and then make a straight wake, till we got to defense service medal New Bedford, and there we could get a good voyage.But this vociferation was needless.Marco watched him for a time, being continually afraid that he would fall defense service medal off.He began to brush his clothes, and, taking off his hat, he attempted to round it out into shape again.