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end of their village ; the trees were large, care- 
fully pruned, and the ground under them clean, 
open, and airy. There feemed to be feveral hun- 
dred acres of cleared land about the village ; a 
considerable portion of which was planted, chiefly 
with corn (Zea), Batatas, Beans, Pompions, Squafhes 
(Cucurbita verrucofa), Melons (Cucurbita citrullus), 
Tobacco (Nicotiana), &c. abundantly fufEcient 
the inhabitants of the village. 
After leaving this village, and coafling a con- 
siderable cove of the lake, I perceived the river be- 
fore me much contracted within its late bounds, 
but ilili retaining the appearance of a wide and 
deep river, both coafts bordered for feveral miles 
with lich deep fwamps, well timbered with Cyprefs, 
Afh, Elm, Oak, Hiccory, Scarlet Maple, ' Nyffa 
aquatica, Nyffa tupiio, Gordonia lafianthus, Cory- 
pha palma, Corypha pumila, Laurus Borbonia, &c. 
The liver gradually narrowing, I came in fight of 
Charlotia, where it is not above half a mile wide, 
but deep ; and as there was a confiderable current 
agaifift me, I came here to an anchor. This town 
was founded by Den. Rolle, efq. and is fituated 
on a high bluff, on the eaft coaft, fifteen or twenty 
feet perpendicular from the river, and is in length 
half a mile, or more, upon its banks. The upper 
firatumof the earth confifts entirely of feveral fpe« 
cies of frefh water Cochleae, as Coch. helix, Coch. 
labyrinthus, and Coch. voluta \ the fecond, of ma- 
rine ihells, as Concha mytulus, Cone, oftrea, Cone, 
peeton, Haliotis auris marina, Hal. patella, &c. 
mixed with fea land ; and the third, or lower ftra- 
tum, which was a little above the common level of 
the river, of horizontal rnaffes of a pretty hard 
rock, oompofed almoft entirely of the above fhell, 
generally whole, and lying in every direction, pe- 
trified 
