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gtrfiine, which effectually cut off their communica- 
tion between that garrifon and St. Mark's ; this an- 
cient highway is grown up in many places with trees 
and fhrubs ; but yet has left fo deep a track on the 
furface of the earth, that it may be traced for ages 
yet to come. 
Leaving the highway on our left hand, we afcended 
a fandy ridge, thinly planted by nature with (lately 
pines and oaks, of the latter genus particularly q. 
finuata, f. flammula, q. nigra, q. rubra. Faffed by 
an Indian village fituated on this high airy fand 
ridge, confuting of four or five habitations ; none 
of the people were at home, they were out at their * 
hunting camps ; we obferved plenty of corn in their 
cribs. Following a hunting path eight or nine miles, 
through, a vaft pine foreft and graffy favanna, well 
timbered, the ground covered with a charming car- 
pet of various flowering plants, came to a large 
creek of excellent water, and here we found the en- 
campment of the Indians, the inhabitants of the little 
town we had paffed ; we law their women and chil- 
dren, the men being out hunting. The women pre- 
fented themfelves to our view as we came up, at the 
door of their tents, veiled in their mantle, mddeflly 
mowing their faces, when we faluted them. Towards 
the evening we fell into the old trading path, and 
before night came to camp at the Half way Pond. 
Next morning, after collecting together the horfes, 
fome of which had drolled away at a great diftance, 
we purfued our journey, and in the evening arrived 
at the trading houfe on St. Juan's, from a fuccefsful 
and pleafant :our. 
On my return to the More on St. Juan's the trad- 
ing fchooner was there ; but as Ihe was not to re- 
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