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out of stone, and will hold an ounce of tobacco, 

 and some mucli less. Tliey have large wooden 

 spoons, as big as small ladles, Avhich they make 

 little use of, lading the meat out of the bowles 

 with their fingers. 



In the morning we rose before da}^, having hir- 

 ed a guide over night to conduct us on our way ; 

 but it was too soon for him to stir out, the Indi- 

 ans never setting forward till the sun is an hour 

 or two high and hath exhaled the dew from the 

 earth. The queen got us a good breakfast before 

 we left her ; she had a young child, which was 

 much afflicted with the cholic ; for which distem- 

 per she infused a root in water, which was held in 

 a gourd ; this she took into her mouth and spurt- 

 ed it into the infant's, which gave it ease. After 

 we had eaten, we set out with our new guide, for 

 the Wateree Indians. We went over a great deal 

 of indifferent land this day. Here begins to ap- 

 pear very good marble, which continues more and 

 less for the space of five hundred miles. "We lay 

 all night by a run of water, as we always do if 

 possible, for the convenience of it. The water 

 was very cold. "We went this day about thirty 

 miles from the Congerees. 



In the morning we made no stay to get our 

 breakfast, but hastened on our voyage, the land 

 increasing in marble and richness of soil. At 

 noon we halted, getting our dinner upon a mar- 

 ble stone, that rose itself half a foot above the 

 surface of the earth, and might contain the com- 



