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ger stay amongst them : For were a good vein of 

 lead found out, and worked by an ingenious hand, 

 it might be of no small advantage to the under- 

 taker, there being great convenience for smelting, 

 either by bellows or reverberation, and the work- 

 ing of these mines might discover some that are 

 much richer. 



At the top of one of these mountains is a cave 

 that one hundred men may sit very conveniently 

 to dine in, whether natural or artificial I could not 

 learn. There is a fine bole between this place and 

 the Saps. These valleys, thus hemmed in with 

 mountains, would, doubtless, prove a good place 

 for propagating some sort of fruits, that our easter- 

 ly winds commonly blast. The vine could not 

 miss of thriving well here ; but we of the northern 

 climate are neither artists, nor curious in propa- 

 gating that pleasant and profitable vegetable. 

 Near the town is such another current as Heigh wa- 

 ree. 



We being six in company, divided ourselves 

 into two parties ; and it was my lot to be at the 

 house of Keyauwees Jack, who is king of that 

 people. He is a Congeree Indian, and ran away 

 when he was a boy. He got this government 

 by marriage with the queen ; the female issue 

 carrying the heritage, for fear of imposters ; 

 the savages well knowing how much frailty pos- 

 sesses the Indian women, betwixt th§ garters and 

 the girdle. 



