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the profpects are finely variegated, and, from fome ftations, are 

 extended not only over the champaign-country of this parifli, but 

 into great part of Weftmoreland many miles :' but one of the mofl: 

 pleafing fcenes is, the fpacious tra6l of open land, called Labour- 

 in-vain Savannah, which appears partly of a vivid green, and partly 

 cfaruflet colour. One fide of it is girt about with romantic hills 

 and woods; the other, towards the South, is wafhed by the fea; 

 the middle fweep is graced with fcattered clumps of trees and 

 under-wood; which objedls all together combine in exhibiting a 

 very piclurefque and beautitul appearance. 



" From this the profpe£l varies. Plains immenfe 

 " Lie ftretch'd below ; interminable meads, 

 *' And vaft favannahs ; where the wand'ring eye, 

 " Unfix'd, is in a verdant ocean loft. 

 " Another Flora here, of bolder hues, 

 *' And richer fweets, beyond our garden's pride, 

 " Plays o'er the fields; and fhow'rs with fudden hand 

 *' Exub'rant fpring ; for oft' the valleys Ihifc 

 *' Their green embroider'd robe to fiery brown, 

 *' And fwift to green again ; as fcorching funs, 

 " Or ftreaming dews and torrent-rains prevail." 

 One would almoft incline to think, that Thompfcn, and his 

 Pegafus, had made the tour of this region ; fo appofitely has he 

 defcribed it. 



South of Effex Valley Mountains, are dlflinguifhed the high 

 lands, and fand hills near Pedro Bluff. Thefe, it is true, are 

 fome additions to the profpeft, but upon reflexion difpleafe the 

 eye, as they are in general fo poor and barren, as to difdain all 

 kinds of cultivation, and only yield in wet feafons a fcanty paflu- 

 rage for fheep and the younger cattle. About the foot of May- 

 day Hills, the bread-nut trees grow luxuriantly, and afford to the 

 bordering fettlements great abundance of nourifliing fodder for 

 their flock. 



The principal capes, or head-lands, on the coafl are Pedro Bluff, 



and Luana Point ; the former of which gives fhelter to an anchor- 



ing-place for fmall vcflels in Pedro Bay, lying to the Weftward of 



it. Between this and Luana Point is Black River Mouth, defended 



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