wichoue 4 any injury. recived by hard weather. On the oppofite fhore 
were only Fig-t et a very {mall fize, occafioned by their being 
he. ae d to the po 
is is not fb arkable, as that the fame kind of T 
will Ae the cold of Pests five miles diftant from the Sea, “D 
well as Accomack, though five or fix Degrees North of it 
of the Trees and Shrubs in Meg retain 
hough in poe of the low and he ge 
; fo that the = eae 
any, or moft par 
ae Aes all Winter, 
cious Plants, N 
Ny ce ee ud CAROLINA. 
E > parti band Carolina, is low 
ended ea the oe ye Saad banks which are gene 
e hundred yards from low-w 
gradually from the Sea to oe foot af the Bank, aftending to the 
ight of fourteen or fixteen feet. Thefe Banks are caft up b 
on Sea, and ferve as ithi 
ut in. hurricanes, and w r 
erflowed, raifing “nnomerable hills of loofe fand Araick 
in 
eldom makes any 
fudden or remarkable revolution, but gets and lofes alternately and 
gradually. 
A Gra — catt on the fhore of North Ediffo River, fixteen feet 
long, I o ss was in lefs tha month covered with fand, 
pit winds n blow away the fand two or three feet deep, and 
expofe to view raiaailsets of fhells and a things, that has lain 
buried pont months, and fometimes yea 
_, At Sullivans Ifland, ace is on North ee on the entrance of 
Chari e Sea the Weft fi s fo incroached 
i“ it seins gon = ne “ide to 
pe sent moft defend the Ocean) 
hat it has gained in three e years ti a quarter of a mile layin 
poe and {wallowing up vaft Pin e “awe Palmeto-trees. By fuch 
a progrefs, with the 2epona rc) A it probably, in 
h 
fome few oatee, may w 
At about half a mile back from the Sand-banks before-mentioned, 
ually, producing Bays, and other 
—— mil = eer : oe 
s, which appear 
tote pa a formed by as eb pines 
now fome miles from 
Moft ae he Coaft of Florida and Carolina, for many eis within 
and, confifts of low Iflands, and extenfive Marthes, divided alfo 
by ianutetable Creeks, and narrow et Channels, thio? which 
only Boats, Canoes, and Periaguas can p 
Thefe Neier or ted Gutters, run very oe eee 
ea ich in y places a communication 
pare to another, to fhorten 
to ae one C tie serie a 
ae thote eaten’ meanders, 
nd 
Thefe inland paffages are of great ufe to the Inhabitants, who 
‘without being expo ofed to the Open. ial sere pei fafety in tc 
and Periagua’s; y ome Rive 
and Sounds, eight or ten miles wid tat sad The pan 
or go 
parts of thefe M Muattises from the Seay are confined by higher A 
covered with 7 eee which, Bi intervals, the Marth 
tends in narrow tracts hig er up the Country, and contracts me a- 
dually as the ground T Thefe upper tracts see Marth. land, 
by their advantageous ata tion, en with mall expence be 
drained, and m ade cellent Meadow 
ing good. B a 
uncultivated, and continue of no 
range in, fuch improvements are Tike to lie neglected, and the 
Marfhes ena is a confiderable part of the Country, remain of 
little o ufe. 
of Carclina is various; but which is Selita 
The Soil that 
cultivated ce aeigied of dees kinds, which are diftin 
b mes 
fe Rivers, a re 
wood are called Sz 55 whi eing impregnated by the wath 
ings from the higher Lands, in a feries of years are become vattly 
rich, and deep of Soil, confilting of a fandy Joam of a dark brow 
colour. The 85 ore they are prepared for Rice, are 
thick, over-grow i rees of mighty 
bu! " which by cached the fun’s beams, and preventing the 
“exha- 
ose 
. Ail 
fans avoir éprouvé aucuns oh dain : la on du temps, t gu 
ae du coté be pase ili’y eh avoi 
emar quable rr ¢ eat figs i? mime efpece a’ arbre 
n 1 de fa Caroline a 5s de la Mer, auffi 
aifcme a ee oy Acc omack, ei que ce He Re “fei de cing ou fix 
deg er ‘a la Caroli 
Un “gra ‘and cet des arbres a) des arbriffeaux de la Caroline, on la 
plufpart a enti eux i oon leur Chon ae tout P ‘Ever La 
ans la plufpa 3 dePe fpece 
herbacée, de forte que depuis le mois “PO angel el eS Mars, : 
la verdure, © tout ce qui of fur la terre ae Soke &F brunas 
Du terroir de 4 CAROLINE. 
OUTE la baffe, mais fur tout la Caroline. Elle 
avert ‘el la Mer iene par des bancs de hie oe Fi 
‘ iu oft la 
z trois cens verges de Ll’ endroit on I’ 
ir ef te fae flevanr p oe, a ju de fae ‘Mer vers se ié du b ane mui arrive 
wee font 
7 J £ a 
é pour la contenir dans 
que des vents violens foufflent 
Soon pe avant dans les terres une 
de fable mou dans les creux dejquelles 
ms er qui eter & lui j ferve ent comme de ddle 
- Shee mais rie les our: a & lors qu 
fs ta vite, als font inondés, 
on trouve Jouvent, end Plea Se retire, es variété infinie de coquél- 
lages, de oiffns > G d'autres chofes que la Mer rejette. Il oft 
rare que a cau “fk aucune révolution Joudaine & remarquable fur 
cette. céte, on elle gagne, (F perd du terrain alternativement, @ par 
de tere ay 
d marfouin, ou whe she de feize be de long. fut jetté fur 
le bord de ps riviere de Nord Edifto ; & je remarqua i qu’en moins dun 
oa ~ oe ae chisie Sede de fat De ‘vents violens emportent 
rent une multitude 
nillag ee ¥ autres byl S qui y font pain enfevelis pendant 
Pie fcr mi a) quelqucfois ee des a anh es. 
ullivan, qui eff d l de I’ 
ate - n, Ja Mer A en empiété vers V’Oue itd "ile ¢ 
pourtant le plus a couvert, parceque eft le cété oppofé a la ve ) qwelle 
a gagné en trois ans dé temps ua terrain d’un quart de mille, cd a renverfé 
englou ins, & mites a’ deur énorme. Si elle 
e des progres de ce genre, elle pourroit als probable- 
ae al’, aide i quries onndgans, emporter v enfin Vile entire qui a 
en: 
ron un Het mille en dela des bancs de fable, d oh nous M0 
de ahi le by id saint: ce pen a pen a devenir nm 
mei 
des la auriers, € cependant fle Sie 
a it elques ich “ope pour le laboura rage, ‘aint 
qu en ab ae qui te Pin unes de ces 
montagn es di 
e fable que nous avons aie vw) la Mer ‘formoit, quos qu'elles et 
— a opt — milles de oh : 
elac Floride, €? de fa Caroline, ne 
ca ite, en “pul fieurs nies ce ‘i ong qu’ en 
vais sfpacien tune divifes eux-mémes en 
rique “a my canaux bie S 
ne peut peffer 4 gue des barque es, des ¢ 3 des périaguas. 
Ces crtques, eae ces ruiffeaux niyo wlent avec oe de confu- 
ais, Ce qui 
ss 
i 
ent, lefquels il 
sion au travei i. ye quelque io gens du lieu a 
_— cn slate heurs ae ae des oo vo communication im une crique a 
T’ autre, ~~ cceurcir le pafjage, fviter ces trite tés ennuyeufes, 
oe aux, gui eminent sainft deat ies terres en fort utiles aux 
habite voyage es périaguas, ou, 
ame pa fans 5 wae er ala gr rae Mer. it Jon nt eerie obligés 
quelquefois aA traverfer des riviere Uae ie ae S. 4 din milles 
de large “ey e prendre de grands circuits. . Les e MOL ats, 
“ de 
les plus saoinntes de la a J 
tt tara “nées par aes pie ains mpl élévés, qui 
Jont couverts de bois, au (q l S’éten 
ad par intervalles 
er é Alea: 
a 
ponrrct pe it “de — . 
& gu’ on en fervir que pour roder des beftiaus 
ily a eh rte quan ne ne tasty pas a de femblables améliorations, 
qui fers me partie confidérable du pays, demeureront 
| th tet 
Le terroir @ la Car ¢ varle; mais la partie qu'on a coutume de 
ee a pan helene den trois Jer tes, qu'on di iptingue ‘par les noms de 
€ ce a Hic- 
e Sa fi 7) 
se tes urce des ke ripe _ S rivieres: t qi 
efpece iyent dévagées 3 on les still pion €F ces {wamps 
étant imprégnés par les eaux qui defcend ent on terra 
devenus, au bout dun cae taindainbire qe années 
a’un tei wroir p vofond, 2 confifle en ux re g ng, aan 
brun fonce. Ava ant gwi ls fovent pre} pare. por 9 > fe nd hod! TiS, 
couverts de taillis épats, & { t ne 
