THE 



MONTHLY AMERICAN JOURNAL 



OF 



GEOLOGY 



AND NATURAL SCIENCE. 



Vol. I. Philadelphia, June, 1832. No. 12. 



Bulowville, Ja72. 12th, 1832. 



My Dear F. — In my letter from this place of the 31st De- 

 cember,* I gave you by way of Episode, an account of my ad- 

 ventures on the Halifax river, but I never told you when I got 

 here, or how I got here from St. Augustine, both of which mat- 

 ters I know you are so desirous of being acquainted with, that I 

 expect a good scolding in the very next letter I receive from 

 you for my omission. In future, the understanding between us 

 must be, that when I choose to write Episodes, you must let me 

 write Episodes, confiding always in my intention to give you as 

 regular an account of my movements as circumstances will ad- 

 mit of I am aware that very few travellers have been in this 

 part of the world with the views that have brought me here, 

 and in the hope that the details I am about to give you will be 

 acceptable, I shall now take my start from St. Augustine, from 

 whence I wrote you Dec. 7f. 



After remaining in this place about three weeks, we proceeded 

 through the inlet that divides St. Anastasia's Island from the 

 main, to the plantation of General Hernandez, about thirty-five 

 miles from St. Augustine. On our way, we passed at Matanza 

 Inlet, an old fort built by the Spaniards, now a ruin ; here we 

 turned into a creek, fed by the salt water tides, until we reached 

 the landing place at the General's. Our hands took the baggage 

 to the house, and when we dismissed them, they determined to 

 return, although the night was dark, and the wind quite ad- 

 verse. 



♦ Sec March Number, 1832. f See February Number, 1832. 

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