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upon fhort petioles ; the branches terminate with 
long, loofe panicles or fpikes of white flowers, whofe 
fegments are five, long and narrow. 
I arofe early next morning and continued my 
journey for Fort James. This day's progrefs was 
agreeably entertaining, from the novelty and vari- 
ety of objects and views : the wild country now al- 
mod depopulated, vaft forefts, expanfive plains and 
detached groves ; then chains of hills whofe gra- 
velly, dry, barren fummits prefent detached piles of 
rocks, which delude and flatter the hopes and ex- 
pectations of the folitary traveller, full fure of 
hofpitable habitations ; heaps of white, gnawed 
bones of the ancient buffaloe, elk and deer, indif* 
criminately mixed with thofe of men* half grown 
over with mofs, altogether, exhibit fcenes of un- 
cultivated nature* on reflection, perhaps, rather 
difagreeable to a mind of delicate feelings and fen* 
libility, finccfome of thefe objects recognize pafl 
tranfactions and events, perhaps not altogether re- 
concileable to juflice and humanity* 
How harmonious and fweetly murmur the purl- 
ing rills and fleeting brooks* roving along the 
fhadowy vales, palling through dark, fubterranean 
caverns, or darning over fteep rocky precipices,, 
their cold humid banks condenfing the volatile va- 
pours, which falling coalefce in cryflalline drops, on 
the leaves and elaftic twigs of the aromatic fhrubs 
and incarnate flowers 1 In thefe cool, fequeftered, 
rocky vales, we behold the following celebrated 
beauties of the hills, fragrant Calycanthus, blufh- 
ing Rhododendron ferrugineum, delicate Phila- 
delphus inodorus, which difplays the white wavy 
mantle, with the fky robed Delphinium, perfumed 
Convallaria 
