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pifera, Liquidambar ftyraciflua, Morus rubra, 
Cercis tilia, Populus heterophylla, Platanus occi- 
dentalis, Laurus faffafras, Lauras Borbonia, Ho- 
pea tin&oria, Fraxinus excelfior, NylTa, Ulmus, 
juglans exaltata, Halefa, Stewartia. Nearly one 
third of this vaft plain is what the inhabitants call 
fwamps, which are the fources of numerous fmall 
rivers and their branches : thefe they call fait ri- 
vers, becaufe the tides flow near to their fources, 
and generally carry a good depth and breadth of 
water for fmall craft, twenty or thirty miles up- 
wards from the fea, when they branch and fpread 
abroad like an open hand, interlocking with each 
other, and forming a chain of fwamps acrofs the 
Carolinas and Georgia, feveral hundred miles pa- 
rallel with the fea coafl. Thefe fwamps are fed 
and replenifhed conftantly by an infinite number of 
rivulets and rills, which fpring out of the firft bank 
or afcent : their native trees and fhrubs are, befides 
moft of thofe already enumerated above, as follow : 
Acer rubrum, NyfTa aquatica, Chionanthus, Celtis, 
Fagus fylvatica, Sambricus ; and the higher knolls 
afford beautiful clumps of Azalea nuda and Aznalea 
vifcofa, Corypha palma, Cor^pha pumila, and Mag- 
nolia grandiflora ; befides, the whole furface of the 
ground between the trees and fhrubs appear to be 
occupied with canes (Arundo gigantea) entangled 
with feftoons of the floriferous Glycine frutefcens, 
Bignonia fempervirens, Glycine apios, Smilax, va- 
rious fpecies, Bignonia crucigera, Bign. radicans, 
Lonicera fempervirens, and a multitude of other 
trees, fhrubs, and plants lefs confpicuous ; and, in 
very wet places, CuprefTus difticha. The upper 
foil of thefe fwamps is a perfectly black, foapy, 
rich earth, or flit? mud, two or three feet deep, 
on a foundation or flratum of calcareous foffil, 
which 
