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forded excellent food and range for our horfes, wlid ? 
by this time, through fatigue of conftant travellings 
heat of the climate and feafon, were tired and dif- 
pirited : we came to camp fooner than ufual, and 
ftarted later next day, that they might have time 
to reft and recruit themfelves. The territory lying 
upon this creek, and the fpace between it and the 
river, prefent every appearance of a delightful and 
fruitful region in fome future day, it being a rich 
foil, and exceedingly well fituated for every branch 
of agriculture and grazing, diversified with hills 
and dales, favannas and vaft Cane meadows, and 
watered by innumerable rivulets and brooks, all 
contiguous to the Flint river : an arm of the great 
Chata Uche or Apalachucla offers an uninterrupted 
navigation to the bay of Mexico and the Atlantic 
ocean, and thence to the Weft India illands and 
over the whole world. 
Our horfes being hunted up and packed, fat for- 
ward again, proceeding moderately, afcending a 
higher country and more uneven by means of ridges 
of gentle hills ; the country however very pleafing, 
being diverfified with expanfive groves, favannas 
and Cane meadows, abounding with creeks and 
brooks gliding through the plains or roving about 
the hills, their banks bordered with forefts and 
groves, confuting of varieties of trees, fhrubs and 
plants ; the fummits of the hills frequently present- 
ing to view piles and cliffs of the ferruginous rocks, 
the fame fpecies as obferved on the ridges between 
the Flat-rock and Rocky Comfort. 
Next day we travelled but a few miles ; the 
heat and the burning flies tormenting our horfes 
to fuch a degree, as to excite compaflion even in 
the hearts of pack-horfemen. Thefe biting flies are 
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