ns by fteep poe that in feveral of them remain only an 
ifthmus, or narro eck of land, to enter otherwife would be 
ott inclofed. eae thefe rocks gu u lone ee 
of limpid water, refrefhing the lower groun and many 
cb are received into fpacious bafons, oor covered by the 
ocks. 
t the diftance of about half way between the fea and moun- 
tains, ten miles wide of fort Savannah, ee a {cattered on the 
earth, irregular pieces of white fton er, fo vi 
ut in general 
€ 
rious degrees lefs; fome lay under the fi » but none feer 
to lie deep in the earth. TThefe ftones or pieces of rock extended 
five aa in width, fs ve eels them, and, as the traders 
Indi 
a north- ey ve direction 
The Apalatchian mountains have their fouthern beginning near 
bay of Mexico, in the latitude of 30 extending northerly on 
the back of the Britifh colonies, and running parallel e fea 
coaft, to the latitude 40. _ cee parallel fituation of the 
mountains and fea coatt, the difta eee tween 1 the mountains and 
m tS 
pretty ni of their whole 
the oe, a ee Lae countries is asm 
weftern diftances between the fea and 
h 
owe untry, to 
€ mountains, by its low ea level fi- 
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tuation, differ confiderably from thofe parts above them, the lat- 
ter abounding wit leffings, conducing muc to healt 
and pleafure: but as the maritime parts are adapt- 
ed for merce, luxury, thefe delightful countries are as 
om and 
yet left unpeopled ae pofiefied by wolves, bears, panthers, and 
other bea 
great part of thefe mountains are covered with roc ks, fom 
are of a ftupen 
s5; the grafs is thin, mixt with vetch and wild peas; on 
oes other tracts of thefe mountains is very little teak ap- 
pearance 
s ftate, with regard to the foil, and apparent produc- 
tions, ae fountains appear at the (urees of the Savannah river, 
continuing fo with little variation, as ’tis s thought, fome hundred 
miles ate 
the fources of tha rife, from which to the hea th 
Sa 4 river, is about four degrees diftance in latitude. A 
fome remarks I then 1 made ey ferve to eee what I Aon now 
faid, I hope it may uch of them as may 
ferve for that pur} 
At fixty miles from the mountains, the river, which fifty miles 
belo ile wide, is here contracted to an eighth part, 
very fhallow, being fordable in many places, and fo full of rocks, 
ve 4 ding on ater fnails, which were in great 
plenty, fticking to the t and fides of the rocks. ‘The lo 
lands joining to the rivers were vaftly rich, a th trees 
with 
ch walnut, plane, 
This low land ftretched ae the river 
man 5 extending back half a ba more or lefs, and was 
bounded by a ridge of fteep and lofty rocks, on the top 
of which we climbed, and c Bice eae Be the nearer moun- 
tains, and beheld ae leet ee but the country bei 
an entire foreft, the meanders he rivers, a th other wa 
were much obfcured by the trees. On the back of this ridge 
f e land was high, rifing in broken ve aleroately good 
and bad. me wales fives the banks of the n b des 
were formed igh eae rocks, ae any leffer ones 
fcattered all o river, bet which innumer 
the 
water were continually rulhin 
diftance of twelve miles me ‘om the mountains we left = 
ireéted our me to th reft of them, But firft w 
it fe Lae a admiring its beauties, 
as well as thofe of ihe Saiteguiacese parts. 
grounds we had a large profpect of the mountains, as well as of ine 
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plus manvaife du pays foit 
J 
iy 
ee ignée des rivieres, ily an 
pays pleines pas rocb °1S, Qu. ges 
ir pen pro a is; mais pee Plufie eurs de ces vallées 
iL 
Mons par 4 par Bs 
cou ede We 
ont th Eine ee entre des rockers efcarpés, qu il ne refte 2 
un nombre d’entr°elles qu'une ifthe ou gorge fort étroite pour y entrer, fans 
quoi elles en feroient totalement fes ie fe 3 de ces rochers de 
Z rvapides d’une ead 
, & qui, en lien des sesh ae 
ue les rochers & farment naturelleine 
» Ou Envir 0%, 
ee recite Pon 
fe larges bajfins 
@ la Mer & les mes 
vane, nen Nghe ie de pier 
i Dope 
&F a dix milles a cété du fort Sav 
blanche ott d”albc dire difperfes 5 furla t 
dun bo iffeau “Une 
iverfes autres pisos ? “See uns font fous la furfaces 
mais aucun ne paroit etre fort av Ces pierres, ou 
24 oy 4 
os vt les ate Jur trois cens ie de long, allant vers le 
ae 
Les ae: oats epalaches ont le Ee de leur partie Méridionale 
pro je uw trent 
a le 5 @ 4 derriere les colonies Ang 5 oa chaine ep parallele 
maritime jufqu’ au eee, degré de latitude. De ce 
paral des Ae & des cétes de la Mer il sae ee les 
diftances qu weet ut entie les BUA & les parties m 
art de nos TH tin f etre ad 
led évales dans 
as & 
“Cy 
S 
S 
ay 
: Ss parties les plus 5S du pays 
Font t de niveau, July? a environ moitié chemin vers les ‘is agnes, cette 
Situation 1 baffe &F unie 14k g u jess ae co ee de aaa. 1 
qui font au deffus delles 3 aucoup plus ¢ 
pre écédentes en tout ce qui pe a He @ au plaifir ; 
comme les parties marttimes font plus propres au commerce, &8 favorifent 
es e lume, ces delicicufes contrées font encore défertes, & Sans 
tres babitans que des loups, des curs, des pantheres, €P d’autres bites 
fire. 
e grande partie de ces montagnes eft couverte de rochers, dont 
gel as uns hee @une groffeir, &F d’ume hauteur snrcgat is Le 
S montognes, eft ordinairement noir &P gel 
is il oft dune are couleur, ‘e confifie e 
ocker, S de fpalt, qu ont une ae ce de 
brillant, wo femblent igo par la quvon y treuvercit e es mines, & a 
mi os es on fa ee ye oe convenable. ecouver, 
pe wler fur les terres que le Colonel Byrd off ‘le 
en Virginie. Ss prin ee « arbres qui croiffent fur ces montagness 
font des ché. ign ae Cate chénes, quelques chinc one autres 
petits air ote ae peu pail eS o mélée de “aes & de 
puis fauvages. I 
7) 
€ paroit 
e tre. on 
Les monta 
de plantes lage de 
ones poroiffent é is ae cet état, par wae au terroir a 
a fes produ a vers les 5 fources de la ve de Savanne, €& contin 
ainfi | jn beaucoup de variation, a ce ie "on Pa ae urs ee 2 
a Nord. 
milles 
4. je voyageai de epuis la partie la plus baffe de la riviere 
es en Virginie, jufqu’d ee des monts Apalaches, o& font 
des fonees de cette riviere, de/quelle ; 
de dift ources a . Con 
ane remarques que, Je Sis alors peuvent fervi rv du jour a 
que je viens ms de dire, a ‘efpere gwil ne fera pas hee - . oF Winferer ick 
fe 
Vile foi Raa de » la riviere, quia 50 0 milles 
plus bas ¢ ie 5 oe Ame, vag qu’ un *buiteme ae cette largeur: elle 
y of tres pl : 
oie : pal pr tout, fa ant de Yun a Pa S 
@ dun efpec Die oyes fau wvages s : 
ae ent de limag ons 5S dean douce. 
v/ 
> 
noyer noir ie plane, 
SS 
un 2 mille de larze, “plus ou moins. Elle. 
es, FP de rochers d’une tré 
entier mw étant qu une foré, Seteoftes des rivieres, &P 
les autres “eantés du gr uiaEs ehatent vi We i ied nt offufquées par les 
as e chaine derochers, &9 3° élevcit 
en collines ae ul étoit alter il ennent ma & mauvai. 
mile Le loin, les bords dela r L 
aus, Rus iY en avoit un grand nombre de 
di/perfes ne toute la viviere, entre lefquels fortoient "ke ceffe 
des eae innombra 
Nous quittames le riviere, cee nous ORAM 
montagnes 5 a nou. 
voifines de n mais auparavant 
& la pds plufieurs i ‘adnirant touj jou 
des endroits circonvoifins. 
B 
douze mil an des 
es terreins les plus 
élevés, 
