NORTH AMERICA, 385 
In the evening this furprifmgly heavy tempefl 
paffed off, we had a ferene Iky and a pleafant cool 
night ; having had time enough to collect a great 
quantity of wood and Pine knots to feed our fires 
and keep up a light in our camp, which was a lucky 
precaution, as we found it abfolutely neceifary to 
dry our clothes and warm ourfelves, for all our 
Ikins and bedding were cad over the packs of mer- 
chandize to prevent them and our provifion from 
being injured by the deluge of rain. Next day was 
cool and pleafant, the air. having recovered its ehf- 
ticity and vivifie fpirit ; I found myfelf cheerful 
and invigorated ; indeed all around us appeared re- 
animated, and nature prefented her cheerful coun- 
tenance ; the vegetables finiled in their blooming 
decorations and fparkling cryftallme dew-drops. 
The birds fung merrily in the groves, and the alert 
roe-buck whiffled and bounded over the ample meads 
and green turfy hills. After leaving our encamp- 
ment, we travelled over a delightful territory, pre- 
fenting to view variable fylvan fcenes, confirming of 
chains of low hills affording high forefh, with ex- 
panfive iavannas, Cane meadows, and lawns between, 
watered with rivulets and glittering brooks. To- 
wards evening we came to camp on the banks of Pintch- 
lucco, a large branch of the Chata Uche river. 
The next day's journey was ever an uneven hilly 
country, but the foil generally fertile and of a qua- 
lity and fituation favourable to agriculture and graz- 
ing, the fummits of the lidges rough with ferrugi- 
nous rocks, in high cliffs and fragments, fcattered 
over the furface of the ground : obferved alfo high 
cliffs of ftiff reddi'fh brown clay, with veins or ffrata 
of ferruginous flones, either in detached maffes or 
conglomerated nodules or hematites with veins or 
paffes of ochre. 
Cc Neil 
