PREFACE, VII 



habited by none but savages, who covet a Chris- 

 tian neighborhood, for the advantage of trade, 

 and enjoy all the comforts of life, free from care 

 and want. 



But not to amuse my readers any longer with 

 the encomium of Carolina, I refer them to my 

 journal, and other more particular description of 

 that country and its inhabitants, which they will 

 find after the natural history thereof, in which I 

 have been very exact, and for method's sake ar- 

 ranged each species under its distinct and proper 

 head. 



