46. Bringier on the Region of the Mississippi, &e. 
miles, without any sign of iron ore or other minerals in that 
region. The varnish can proceed only from a sudden cool- 
ing, after changing the atmosphere. Whether te in 
ours, or whatever cause might have oceasioned the explosion, 
that event will explain the scattering of the pieces. 
ew miles to the east of these blocks of native iron, a 
belt of trees is seen extending itself towards the SS. E. 
The hunters. know. this by the name of the cross timber ; 
they mean that it_crosses the prairie; for there is no other 
w od in This wood grows in a low ridge of lime 
tone, which extends to the north-west shore of the lake. 
Sabine, bordering on the river Natchez; but here it is only 
one mile in breadth, whereas, ten miles above, the timber 
spreads from fifteen to twenty miles in breadth. It gives 
rise to the waters of the Trinity, whose west fork runs en- 
tirely through it. These hills afford a great number of en- 
chanting seats; whose. et would occupy a great deal 
of time, without affording — a success; for 
they are beyond descriptia : 
rally low, but spread very scttnyree cae smaller and small- 
er towards the north-east, till they grow quite scrubby. The 
ris siliceous, and asoil of gravel and loam produces 
a great variety of distinct qualities of grapes, in patches of 
twenty miles surface; one acre of surface will here afford 
more grapes than three acres will in the best cultivated 
vineyards. These grapes are certainly suitable for wine, 
one may judge by their fragrance and flavour, and their 
good appea arance. Some are white and transparent, so that 
we can count the seeds through them ; some are blue and 
very sweet, but hard, in a thick skin of. a yellow or straw 
colour ; and are very large, nearly or quite as much so as an 
English — The former are alittle smaller. The black | 
- aa ay hea ay To the the morbeast are imnsense: 
Panisiog: mviel ie: eyee cannot measure. 
