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TRAVELS IN 
they form the neft of fine foft dry grals. When they 
cover their eggs to hatch them, they ftandover them, 
bearing their bodies and wings over the eggs. 
We again came up to a long projecting point of 
the high forefts, beyond which opened to view an 
extenfive graffy cove of the favanna, feveral miles in 
circuit. We crofled ftraight over from this promon- 
tory to the oppofite coaft, and on the way were con- 
ftrained to wade a mile or more through the water, 
though at a little diftance from us it appeared as a 
delightful meadow, the grafs growing through the 
water, the middle of which, however, when we 
came up, proved to be a large fpace of clear water 
almoft deep enough to fwim our horfes ; it being a 
large branch of the main creek which drains the fa- 
vanna. After getting through this morafs, we arrived 
on a delightful, level, green meadow, as ufual, 
which continued about a mile, when we reached 
the firm land ; and then gradually afcending, we 
alighted on a hard fandy beach, which exhibited evi- 
dent figns of being warned by the waves of the favan- 
na, when in the winter feafon it is all under water, 
and then prefents the appearance of a large lake. 
The coaft here is much lower than the oppofite fide, 
which we had left behind us, and rifes from the 
meadows with a gradual Hoping afcent, covered 
fcatteringly with low fpreading Live Oaks, fhort 
Palms, Zanthoxylon, Laurus Borbonia, Caffine, Si- 
deroxyion, Quercus nigra, finuata, and others ; 
all leaning from the bleak winds that opprefs them. 
About one hundred yards back from this beach, the 
land hills gradually rife^ and the open Pine fo- 
refts appear.. We coafted a mile or two along the 
beach, then doubled a promontory of high forefts, 
and foon after came to a fwift running brook of 
clear 
