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river, and its near vicinity to St. Auguftine, the 
capital and feat of government, he altered his views 
on St. Mark's, and fuddenly determined on this 
place, where he landed his firft little colony. But 
it feems, from an ill concerted plan in its infant 
eftablifhment, negligence, or extreme parfimony 
in fending proper recruits and other neceflaries, 
together with a bad choice of citizens, the fettle- 
ment by degrees grew weaker, and at length to- 
tally fell to the ground. Thofe of them who 
efcaped the conftant contagious fevers, fled the 
dreaded place, betaking themfelves for fubfifrence 
to the more fruitful and populous regions of Georgia 
and Carolina. 
The remaining old habitations are mouldering 
to earth, except the manfion houfe, which is a 
large frame building, of cyprefs wood, yet in 
tolerable repair, and inhabited by an overfeer and 
his family. There is alfo a blackfmith with his 
mop and family, at a fmall diftance from it. The 
mod valuable diftricl: belonging to Mr. Rolle's 
grant, lies on Dun's lake, and on a little river, 
which runs from it into St. Juan. This diftrid 
conlifts of a vaft body of rich fwamp land, fit for 
the growth of rice, and fome very excellent high 
land furrounding it. Large fwamps of excellent 
rice land are alfo fituated on the weft more of the 
river, oppofite to Charlotia. 
The aborigines of America had a very great 
town in this place, as appears from the great tu- 
muli, and conical mounts of earth and Ihells, and 
other traces of a fettlement which yet remain. 
There grew in the old fields on thefe heights, great 
quantities of callicarpa, and of the beautiful llirub 
annona : the flowers of the latter are large, white, 
and fweet fcented. 
Having 
