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this little plantation gave it the appearance of 

 a fmall clump of young trees calmly moving 

 in the midft of fpace, with each plant grow- 

 ing perpendicularly upwards and downwards, 

 in precife refemblance. If we held out a hand, 

 or an oar over the fide of the boat, the fame 

 was feen below, without difcovering the limpid 

 medium between them. In fhort, we feemed 

 only to move, like our globe itfelf, in ethereal 

 fpace. 



The difficulties which many of the gen- 

 tlemen of the colony had urged, as neceffarily 

 attendant upon the expedition, proved to be 

 ideal. Scarcely did any obftacle oppofe it- 

 felf to our convenience — none to our pro- 

 gress : nor until the laft three nights had any 

 thing occurred to interrupt the full enjoy- 

 ment of the excurfion. Indeed the torment 

 of thefe nights ferved only as a variety, which 

 placed in a ftronger light the many facilities 

 we had met with ; for, amidft the woods, 

 and at the eftates far up the river, we had ai- 

 mod wholly efcaped the annoyance of infeds. 

 Mufquitoes did not feem to inhabit the <depth$of 

 the foreft. In thefe parts we had alfo found 

 the air cooler, and the land lefs heated than 

 where it was cleared of wood, and more open* 



