TRAVELS IN 
tleman carrying on a very confideraMe trade, and 
having extenfive connections with the Indian tribes 
of Eaft Florida, gave me letters to his agents refid- 
ing at his trading houfes, ordering them to furnim 
me with horfes, guides, and every other convenient 
affi fiance. 
Before the veflel was ready to fail again for St. 
John's, I had time to explore the ifland. In the 
cool of the morning early, I rode out of the town> 
directing my courfe to the fouth end of the ifland. 
After penetrating a thick grove of oaks, which al~ 
molt furrounded the town on the land-fide, hidden- 
ly a very extenfive and beautiful green favanna 
opened to view, in length nearly two miles, and in 
breadth near % mile, well (locked with horned cat- 
tle, horfes, fheep, and deer. Following an old 
highway, now out of repair, acrofs the Savanna, 
I afcended the Hoping green bank, and entered a 
noble forefl: of lofty pines, and then a venerable 
grove of Live Oaks, under whofe fhady fpreading 
boughs opened a fpacious avenue, leading to the 
former feat of general Oglethorpe, but now the 
property of capt. Raimond Demere. After leav- 
ing this town I was led into a high pine forefl: ; 
the trees were tall, and generally of the fpecies 
called Broom-pine (P. paluftris Linn.) the furface 
of the ground covered with grafs, herbage, and 
fome fhrubbery : I continued through this forefl: 
nearly in a direct line towards the fea-eoafl, five or 
fix miles, when the land became uneven, with 
ridges of fand-hiiis, mixed with fea-fhells, and co- 
vered by/ al mo It impenetrable thickets, confiding 
of Live Oaks, Sweet-bay (L. Borbonia), Myrica, 
Ilex aquifolium, Rhamnus frangula, Caffine, Sider- 
oxylon, Ptelea, Halefia, Callicarpa, Carpinus, en- 
tangled with S mi lax pfeudo-china, and other 
fpecies, 
