NORTH AMERICA, 39 
After four days moderate and pleafant travel- 
ling, we arrived in the evening at the Buffalo I^ick. 
This extraordinary place occupies feveral acres of 
ground, at the foot of the S. E. promontory of ths 
Great Ridge, which, as before obferved, divides 
the rivers Savanna and Alatamaha. A larg*/ cane 
fwamp and meadows, forming an immenfe plain, 
lie S. E. from it ; in this fwamp I believe thp head 
branches of the great Ogeeche river take their rife. 
The place called the Lick contains three or (our 
acres, is nearly level, and lies between the head er 
the cane fwamp and the afcent of the Ridge. The 
earth, from the fuperhcies to an unknown depth, 
is an almofl white orcinereous coloured tenacious 
fattifh clay, which all kinds of cattle lick into great 
caves, purfuing the delicious vein. It is the com- 
mon opinion of the inhabitants, that this clay is im- 
pregnated with faline vapours, arifing from foffile 
falls deep in the earth ; but I could difcover nothing 
laline in its tafre, but I imagined an infipid fweet- 
nefs. Horned cattle, horfes, and deer, are immo- 
derately fond of it, infomuch, that their excrement, 
which almort totally covers the earth to fome dif- 
tance round this place, appears to be perfect clay ; 
which, when dried by the fun and air, is almofl- as 
hard as brick. 
We were detained at this place one day, in ad- 
jufting and planning the feveral branches of the 
furvey. A circumftance occurred during this time, 
which was a remarkable inflance of Indian faga- 
city ? and had nearly difconcerted all our plans, and 
put an end to the bufinefs. The fyrveyor having fixed 
his compafs on the ftaff, and being about to ascer- 
tain the courfe from our place of departure, which 
was to ftrike Savanna river at the confluence of a 
.certain river, about feventy miles diftance from us ; 
