l>vORTH AMERICA. 
thefe rocks are horizontal flabs or flat mafTes, rifing 
"out of the lake two or three feet above its furface, 
and feem an aggregate compofition or concrete of 
fand, fhells, and calcareous cement, of a dark gray 
or duftiy colour. The ftones are hard and firm 
^enough for buildings, and ferve very well for light 
hand mill-ftones ; and when calcined afford a coarfe 
lime : they lie in vaft horizontal mafTes upon one 
another, from one to two or three feetin thicknefs, and 
are eafily feparated and broken to any fize or form, 
for the purpofe of building. Rocky Point is an 
airy, cool, and delightful fituation, commanding 
a mofl ample and pleafmg profpect of the lake and 
its environs g but here being no wood, I re- 
embarked and failed down a little farther to the 
ill and in the bay, where I went on more at a mag- 
nificent grove of Magnolias and Oranges, defirous 
of augmenting my collections. I arofe early next 
morning, and after ranging the groves and favannas, 
returned, embarked again, and defcending, called 
at Mount Royal, where I enlarged my collections ; 
and bidding adieu to the gentleman and lady who 
tended there, and who treated me with great ho£» 
pitality on my afcent up the river, arrived in thp 
evening at the lower trading heufe. 
CHAP, 
