NORTH AMERICA, 
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PART II. 
CHAP. I. 
We are, all of us, fubjetl to croHes and difap- 
pointments, but more efpecially the traveller ; and 
when they furprife us, we frequently become reft- 
lefs and impatient under them ; but let us rely on 
Providence, and by ftudying and contemplating the 
works and power of the Creator, learn wifdom and 
underftanding in the economy of nature, and be fe- 
rioufiy attentive to the divine monitor within. Let 
us be obedient to the ruling powers in fuch things as 
regard human affairs, our duties to each other, and 
all creatures and concerns that are fubmitted to our 
care and controuL 
In the month of March, 1774, I fet off from Sa- 
vanna, for Florida, proceeding by land to the Ala- 
tamaha, where I diverted my time agreeably in. 
fhort excurlions, picking up curiofities, until the 
arrival of a fmall veifei at Frederica, from Savanna, 
which was defiined to an Indian trading houfe high 
up St. John's, in Eaft Florida. Upon information 
of this vetTel's arrival, I immediately took boat and 
defcended the Alatamaha, calling by the way of 
Braughton ifland, where I was kindly received by 
Mr. James Bailey, Mr. Laurens's agent. Leaving 
Broughton ifland in the evening, I continued de- 
fcending the fouth channel nine or ten miles, when, 
after crofling the found, I arrived at Frederica, oa 
the ifland of St, Simon, where I was well received 
and entei tamed by James Spalding, efq. This gen- 
tleman 
