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" venerable grey headed Caledonian " named M'Intosh. Both 

 Barrington and Darien are today in Mcintosh County, Georgia. 

 His next destination was St. Mary's. To get there he had to 

 cross " an uninhabited wilderness " o£ " high pine forests " and 

 " dark and grassy savannas " (p. 17) . From there he returned 

 to Mr. M'Intosh's plantation, where young John M'Intosh 

 joined him on the next excursion. They went, on horse-back, up 

 to Savannah and thence, following the course of the Savannah 

 River, to Augusta, where they arrived in time to attend a Con- 

 gress of Indians and whites, called for the purpose of ratifying 

 a treaty. When, as a result of this treaty, a party of surveyors 

 was sent to determine the boundaries of the new purchase, 

 Bartram was invited by the Georgian leader to accompany them. 

 He and M'Intosh, therefore, started out with the " caravan." 

 On the evening of the second day they reached Wrightsborough, 

 a Quaker village, about thirty miles west of Augusta (pp. 35- 

 36) . Four days later, at Buffalo Lick, Bartram records his 

 impression of " This extraordinary place " — a promontory and 

 below a large cane swamp and meadows (p. 39). The party 

 followed the Broad River to the Savannah and then disbanded. 

 Bartram returned to Augusta and from there to Savannah, rich 

 in experiences and happy in his " very extensive collection of 

 new discoveries of natural productions " (p. 47) . The '" remain- 

 ing part of this season " he spent " in botanical excursions to 

 the low countries, between Carolina and East Florida " (p. 48) . 

 He ascended the Altamaha in a cypress canoe, and reported his 

 delight in the groves, meadows, forests, domestic herds, " the 

 wary sharp-sighted crane," the wood-pelican, and the numerous 

 other objects of nature that he saw on this trip. 



Part II covers his travels in Florida. He left Savannah in 

 March, 1774, having spent eleven months in Georgia, with a 

 short stop in South Carolina. He sailed from Frederica, St. 

 Simon Island, Georgia. Near Cumberland Island the captain 

 of his boat, having been informed that the Indians in Florida 

 were on the war-path, decided to turn back, but Bartram was 

 determined to proceed, and he was accordingly put ashore on 

 " Little St. Simon's," not far from Amelia Island, Florida (p. 

 64). His introductions procuring him assistance he next " set 



