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having very fair, sandy beeches, paved with innu- 

 merable sorts of curious pretty shells; very plea- 

 sant to the eye. Amongst the rest, we found the 

 Spanish oyster shell, whence come the pearls. 

 They are very large, and of a different form from 

 other oysters. Their color much resembles the 

 Tortoise shell, when it is dressed. There was left 

 by the tide, several strange species of a mucilagi- 

 nous, slimy substance, though living, and very 

 aptly moved at. their first appearance ; yet, being 

 left on the dry sand, by the beams of the sun, 

 soon exhale and vanish. 



At our return to our quarters, the Indians had 

 killed t\vo more deer, two wild hogs, and three rac- 

 coons, all very lean except the raccoons. We had 

 great store of oysters, conks and claims, a large 

 sort of cockles. These parts being very well fur- 

 nished with shell-fish, turtle of several sorts, but 

 few r or none of the green, with other sorts of salt 

 water fish, and in the season good plenty of fowles, 

 as curleus, gulls, gannets, and pillicans, besides 

 duck and mallard, geese, swans, teal, widgeon, &c. 



On Thursday morning w^e left. Bulls Island, 

 and went through the creeks, which lie betwixt 

 the bay and the main land. At noon we went 

 on shore, and got our dinner near a plantation, 

 on a creek having the full prospect of Sewee bay. 

 We sent up to the house, but found none at home 

 but a negro, of whom our messenger purchased 

 some small quantity of tobacco and rice. We 



