TRAVELS IN 
fight of me he flood, andfeemed a little furprifed, as 
I was very much ; but inftantly recollecting himfelf 
and. a {Turning a countenance of benignity and cheer- 
fulnefs, he came hrhkly to me and 111 o ok hands 
heartily, and fmilingly inquired from whence I 
came, and whither going ; but fpeaking only in the 
Cherokee tongue, our converfation was not conti- 
nued to a great length, I prefented him with fome 
choice Tobacco, which was accepted with courtefy 
and evident pleafure, and to my inquiries concern- 
ing the roads and distance to the Overhill towns, he 
anfwered me with perfect cheerfuinefs and good 
temper. We then again fhook hands and parted in 
friendfhip; he defcended the hills, finging as he went, 
Of vegetable productions obferved in this region., 
were the following, viz. Acer ftriatum, Ac. rubrum, 
Juglans nigra, jug. alba, jug. Hiccory, Magnolia 
acuminata, Quercus alba, (X tinctoria, (X rubra, 
(X prinus, with the other varieties common in Vir- 
ginia : Panax ginfeng, Angelica lucida, Convallaria 
inajalis, Halefia, Stewartia, Styrax, Staphylea, Evo- 
iiimus 3 Viburnum, Cornus Florida, Eetula nigra, 
Morus, Tilia, Dim us, Fraxinus, Hopea tinctoria, 
Annona, Bignpnia fempervirens, Ariftoiochia frute- 
fcens, Bignonia r ad leans, &c* Being now refrefn- 
ed by a fimple bat healthy meal, I began again to 
afcend the Jore mountains, which I at length ac- 
compliihed, and refted on the mod elevated peak ; 
fiom whence I beheld with rapture and aftonifh- 
rnent a fubiimely awful fcene of power and mag- 
nificence, a world of mountains piled upon moun- 
tains. Having contemplated this amazing profped 
of grandeur, I defcended the pinnacles, and again 
falling into the trading path, continued gently de- 
fending through a grafTy plain, fcatteringly planted 
with 
