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and laftiy, flow down, with an eafy, meandering, 
fteady courfe, into the rivers to which they are tri- 
butary. 
Our hones by this time having recruited them- 
felves, by ranging at liberty and feeding in the rich 
young cane fwamps, in the vicinity of Apaiachucla, 
we refumed our journey for Mobile, having here 
repaired our equipage, and replenished ourfelves 
with frefh fupplies of provifions. Our caravan was 
now reduced to its original number ; the companies 
of traders who joined us at the Flat-rock, on our 
arrival at this town feparated from us, betaking 
themfelves to the feveral towns in the Nation, 
where they were refpeclively bound. I {hall juft 
mention a very curious non-defcript ' mrub, which 
I obferved growing in the fhady fore/Is, beneath 
the afcents, next bordering on the rich low lands 
of the river. 
This ftoloniferous flirub grows five or fix feet: 
in height ; many ftems ufually afcend from one root 
or the fame fource ; thefe feveral ftems diverge 
fram each other, or incline a little towards the earthy 
covered with a fmooth whitifh bark, divided op- 
pofitely, and the branches wreath and twirl about, 
being ornamented with compound leaves ; there 
being five lanceolate ferrated leaves, aiTociated upon 
one general long {lender petiole, which ftand op- 
pofitely, on the branches, which terminate with a 
fpike, or panicle of white flowers, having an 
agreeable fcent : from the characters of the flowers, 
this mrub appears to be a fpecies of /Efculus or 
Pavia, but as I could find none of the fruit and but 
a few Cowers, quite out of feafon and imperfect, 1 
<am not certain. 
