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the great seuipions of the preeent Ormond-Daytona region and 
his discovery of a ‘“‘myrtus’’ which remained uncollected and 
Se for a century a Baldwin's visit oe pu parts, 
that of Mr. Hernan 
miles north of the presen Daytona, see — on a suc- 
1 
ceeding and t acks on a ee reached 
eee f St. Augus The land, I a increases in fer- 
the midst of shoals of alligators, for 3 or 4 ae ina aN. easterly 
direction until we entered Halifax river (a lagoon, or arm of the 
sea,)—when we again bore up south, straight as a line could be 
drawn, 14 miles to the peas - ave Carr, a ine w, on the 
western shore. Here was a noble ntaneous grove of Orange 
—principa ally the "bier eat Sev) sia 
a n high aig and at the same tin 
ae I discovered a species of Cn anda ae Blackberry! 
Recollect, Iam only telling you a part of the story. Ihave seen 
e Sener 16 sii further south, and the same 
distance from any sett . A few miles further a 
the river—heretofore sie pres and uninterrupted—beg! 
to aie pies numerous small Islands, covered a the ever 
ue i Ae oe Mangle, a One of these 
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surprised to find among them, great numbers of the oF ne 
United States mission to various South American ports. Upon his return 
live: 
Yr 
di Iss is letters were published in 1843, by 
his Hae ‘Darlington, Gales ie ae “Reliquiae Baldwinianae.”—J. H. B. 
