NORTH AMERICA. 
47 
CHAP. V. 
Having completed ray Hortus Siccus, and made 
up my collections of feeds and growing roots, the 
fruits of my late weftern tour, and fent them to 
Charleston, to be forwarded to Europe, I fpent the 
remaining part of this feafon in botanical excurfions 
to the low countries, between Carolina and Eaft 
Florida, and collected feeds, roots and fpecimens, 
making drawings of fuch curious fubjects as couki 
not be preferved in their native ftate of excellence. 
During this recefs from the high road of my tra- 
vels, having obtained the ufe of a neat light cyprefs 
canoe, at Bioughton Ifland, a plantation, the pro- 
perty of the Hon. Henry Laurens, Efq. I flored 
myfelf with necefTaries for the voyage, and refolved 
upon a trip up the Alatamaha. 
I afcended this beautiful river, on whofe fruitful 
banks the generous and true fons of liberty fecurely 
dwell, fifty miles above the white fettlements. 
How gently flow thy peaceful floods, O Alata- 
maha ! How fublimely rife to view on thy elevated 
fhores, yon magnolian groves, from whofe tops 
the furrounding expanfe is perfumed, by clouds of 
incenfe, blended with the exhailing balm of the li- 
q' idambar, and odours continually arifing from cir- 
cumambient aromatic groves of iliicium, myrica, iau- 
ius, and bignonia. 
"When wearied with working my canoe againfl 
the impetuous current (which becomes ftronger by 
reafcm 
