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the door. This building is two flories high, and 
eonftrucled in a different manner. It is divided tranf- 
ve rfely, as the other, but the end next the dwelling 
houfe is open on three fides, fupported by polls or 
pillars. It has an open loft or platform, the alcent to 
which is by a portable flair or ladder : this is a 
pleafant, cool, airy fituation, and here the matter 
or chief of the family retires to repofe in the hot 
feafons, and receives his guefts or vifitors. The 
other half of this building is clofed on all fides by 
notched logs ; the loweft or ground part is a pota- 
toe houfe, and the upper flory over it a granary for 
corn and other provifions. Their houfes are con- 
ftrucled of a kind of frame. In the firft place, ftrong 
corner pillars are fixed in the ground, with others 
fomewhat lets, ranging on a line between ; thefe 
are ftrengthened by crofs pieces of timber, and the 
whole with the roof is covered clofe with the bark 
of the Cyprefs tree. The dwelling ftands near the 
middle of a fquare yard, encompaffed by a low 
bank, formed with the earth taken out of the yard, 
which is always carefully fwept. Their towns are 
clean, the inhabitants being particular in laying their 
filth at a proper diftance from their dwellings, 
which undoubtedly contributes to the healthinefs of 
their habitations. 
The town ftands on the mod: pleafant fituation 
that could be well imagined or defired, in an inland 
country ; upon a high fwelling ridge of fand hills, 
within three or four hundred yards of a large and 
beautiful lake, the circular more of which conti- 
nually wafhes a fandy beach, under a moderately 
high Hoping bank, terminated on one fide by ex- 
tenfive fore (Is, confuting of Orange groves, over- 
topped with grand Magnolias, Palms, Poplar, Ti- 
