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being the moll intelligent and willing to oblige me. 
We coafted the green verge of the plain, under the 
furrounding hills, occalionally penetrating and crolT- 
ing the projecting promontories as the pathway 
or convenience dictated, to avoid the waters and 
mud which Itill continued deep and boggy near the 
fteep hills, in fpringy places ; to that when we came 
to fuch places, we found it convenient to afcend 
and coait round the fides of the hills, or {hike out 
a little into the favanna, to a moderately fwelling 
ridge, where the ground being dry, and a delight- 
ful green turf, was pleafant travelling ; but then we 
were under the neceffity of fording creeks or rivu- 
lets, which are the conduits or drains of the (hal- 
low boggy ponds or moraiTes juft under the hills. 
This range or chain of moraffes continues round the 
fouth and fouth weft border of the favanna, and 
appeared to me to be fed or occafioned by the 
great wet bay-gale or favanna Pine lands, which lie 
immediately back of the high hilly forefts on the 
great favanna, part of which we crofted in coming 
from Cufcowilla ; which bottom is a flat, level, hard 
fand, lying between the fand ridge of Cufcowilla* 
and thefe eminences of the great favanna ; arid is a 
vail receptacle or refervoir of the rain waters, which, 
being defended from the active and powerful exha- 
lations of the meridian fun, by the fhadow of the 
Pine trees, low fhrubs, and grafs, gradually filter- 
ing through the fand, drain through thefe hills, and 
prefent themfelves in innumerable little meandering 
rills, at the bafes of the (hady heights fronting the 
favanna. 
Our progrefs this day was extremely pleafant, 
over the green turf, having in view numerous herds 
of cattle and deer, and fquadrons of horfe, peaceably 
bro wzing on the tender, fweet grafs, or (trolling 
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