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13. From thefe Woods quite to the top (that 

 is to fay, the fpace of almoft half a milej were 

 no Trees at all, and very rarely a Bufh, the 

 Ground being fo moift and wondVous floping 

 that it would bear nothing better than wild Pines, 

 and other fuch unprofitable Plants, or Weeds : 

 By the term wild Pines, I mean a fort of Anana 

 alias Pine-Apple-Plants that never bear Fruit. 

 We were now in the thickefl: of the Clouds, and 

 the Wind blowing fomewhat freih, it took ofF 

 my Hat, which was however foon retaken by a 

 nimble and as I thought, venturefome Black Fel- 

 low. Somewhat higher up we difcovered at a 

 little diftance a Hut that undoubtedly belonged to 

 fome run-away Negroes ; there was a fmall Gut 

 or Gully between it and us, but to fpeak truth we 

 were too weary to go out of our way to vifit it. 

 We could plainly difcern a few Foot-fleps of fome 

 cloven-hoofed Beafts, and gueffed them to be 

 young Heifers that had been flolen, and drove 

 thither by the run-away Negroes 5 though by the 

 by let me tell you, I can by no means conceive 

 how Heifers could poffibly clamber up a Preci- 

 pice, where we ourfelves were very hard put to 

 it to afcend for fteepnefs, even by helping up 

 each other : In fliort, there muft be fome other 

 and much eafier way for them to clamber up, 

 though unknown to us. 



14. After 



