260 772^ Natural History 



the English Dominions in America^ for Ease, Pleasure, Sat- 

 isfaction, and all necessaries of Life. 



And as several parts of Europe may be admired for its 

 artificial, so may Carolina for its natural Beauty; for the 

 Country in general is level, except some Hills near the Cher- 

 okee and Appelapean Mountains, and most agreeably diversi- 

 fied with fine arable Lands, producing vast increase, and two 

 Crops in one Season, with large and spacious Savannes or 

 Meadows, most beautifully adorn'd with variety of Odorifer- 

 ous and fine Flowers, intermixt with plenty of good Grass for 

 Pasture for Cattle. The large Woods and Forests with their 

 Lofty Trees and spreading Vines of various sorts, affording 

 not only refreshing, but most pleasant shades to sit under in 

 the extremity of the hot Weather, and likewise abounding 

 with various kinds of wild Beasts and Birds, which are pre- 

 served in them, not only for diversion of Hunting, but like- 

 wise convenient and profitable for the support of Man. 



And Lastly, the large and ITavigable Bivers and Creeks 

 that are to be met with watring and adorning this Country, 

 well stored with vast quantities of Pish and Water-Fowl. 

 These ornaments and many advantages which it enjoys, 

 makes it one of the pleasantest places in the World to live in, 

 Sed, Nescio qua natale solum dulcedine capto ducit & Im- 

 memores non sinit esse sui. They make very necessary Ves- 

 sels for carriage of their Commodities by Water, which are 

 called in these parts Periaugers and Canoes, which are the 

 Boats made use of in this Country, and are generally made 

 out of one peice of large Timber, and that most commonly 

 of the Cypress kind, which they make hollow and shaped 

 like a Boat, with Masts, Oars, and Padles, according to their 

 size and bigness. Some of these Periaugers, are so large 

 that they are capable of carrying forty or fifty Barrels of 



Pitch 



