NORTH AMERICA. 
Convaltaria and fiery Azalea, flaming on the a£. 
cending hills of wavy furface of the gliding brooks. 
The epithet fiery, I annex to this mod celebrated 
fpecies of Azalea, as being expreffive of the appear- 
ance of its flowers, which are in general of the co- 
lour of the fineft red lead, orange and bright gold, 
as well as yellow and cream colour ; thefe various 
fplendid colours are not only in feparate plants, but 
frequently all the varieties and {hades are feen in 
feparate branches on the fame plant; and the clus- 
ters of the bloffoms cover the fhrubs in fuch incre- 
dible profufion on the hill fides, that mdderdy open- 
ing to view from dark fhades, we are alarmed with 
the apprehenfion of the hill being fe$ on fire. This 
is certainly the molt gay and briiliant flowering 
flrrub yet known : it grows in little copfes or 
clumps, in open forefts as well as dark groves, with 
other fhrubs, and about the bafes of hills, especially 
where brooks and rivulets wind about them : the 
bufhes feldom rife above fix or feven feet in height, 
and generally but three, four and five, but branch 
and fpread their tops greatly ; the young leaves are 
but very fmall whilfl the fhrubs are in bloom, from 
which circumflance the plant exhibits a greater mow 
of fplendour. 
Towards evening I croffed Broad river at a good 
ford, jufl above its confluence with the Savanna, 
and arrived at Fort James, which is a four fquare 
ftockade, with faliant baftions at each angle, mount- 
ed with a block-houfe, where are fome lwivel guns, 
one (lory higher than the curtains, which are pier- 
ced with loop-holes, bread high, and defended by 
fmall arms. The fortification enclofes about an 
acre of ground, where is the governor's or comman- 
dant's houfe, a good building, which is flanked on 
each fide by buildings for the officers and barracks 
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