5* 
TRAVELS IN 
horfe's feet. I obferved a great variety of ihell- 
filh, as Echinitis, Corallinus, Patella, Medufa, 
Buccina, Concha venerea, Auris marina, Cancer, 
Squilla, &c. fome alive, and others dead, having 
been caft upon the beach by the feas, in times of 
temped:, where they became a prey to fea fowl, 
and other maritime animals, or perimed by the heat 
of the fun and burning fands. At length I doubled 
the utmoft fouth point of St. Simon's, which forms 
the north cape of the fouth channel of the great: 
river Alatamaha. The found, juft within this cape, 
forms an excellent bay, or cove, on the fouth end 
of the ifland, on the oppofite fide of which I be- 
held a houfe and farm, where I foon arrived. This 
delightful habitation was fituated in the midft of a 
fpacious grove of Live Oaks and Palms, near the 
ftrand of the bay, commanding a view of the inlet. 
A cool area furrounded the low but convenient 
buildings, from whence, through the groves, was 
a fpacious avenue into the ifland, terminated by a 
large favanna ; each fide of the avenue was lined 
with bee-hives, to the number of fifty or fixty ; 
they feemed to be well peopled, and exhibited a 
lively image of a colony that has attained to a ftate 
of power and affluence, by the pra&ice of virtue 
and induftry. 
When I approached the houfe, the good man, 
who was reclining on a bear-fkin, fpread under the 
made of a Live Oak, fmoking his pipe, rofe and 
faluted me : " Welcome, ftranger, I am indulg- 
ing the rational dictates of nature, taking a little 
reft, having juft come in from the chace and rim- 
ing." After fome converfation and reft, his fer- 
vant brought a bowl of honey and water, a very 
refrefbing and agreeable liquor, of which I drank. 
On rifing to take my departure, he objected, and 
requefted 
