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with increafed force and velocity, I turned about, 
defcending the river, and next evening came to at 
a large well cultivated plantation^ where I lodged 
all night, and the evening following returned to 
Taenfa. 
Next day I felt fymptoms of a fever, which in a 
few days laid me up and became dangerous. But 
a dofe of Tart. Emet. broke its violence ; and care 
and good attendance, after a few days in fome de- 
gree reftored my health, at lead, fo far as to ena- 
ble me to rove about the neighbouring forefls ; 
and here being informed of a certain plant of ex- 
traordinary medical virtues, and in high eflima- 
tion with the inhabitants, which grew in the 
hilly land about thirty miles higher up the river, 
I refolved to fet out in fearch of it, the Major be- 
ing fo polite and obliging as to furnifh me with 
horfes to ride, and a Negro to pilot and take care of 
me. 
Sat off in the morning, and in the courfe of the 
day's journey croffed feveral creeks and brooks, one 
*of which fwam our horfes. On palling by a fwamp 
at the head of a bay or lagoon of the river, I ob- 
served a fpecies of Cyprefs ; it differs a little from the 
white Cedar of New-Jerfey and Fennfylvania (Cu- 
preffus thyoides), the trunk is fliprt and the limbs 
fpread horizontally, the branches fuller of leaves 
and the cones larger and of a crimfon or reddiili 
purple colour when ripe. 
After leaving the low grounds and afcending 
the hills, diicovered the plant I went in fearch or, 
which I had before frequently obferved in my de- 
fcent from the Creek nation down towards Taenfa. 
This plant appears to be a fpecies of Collinfonia ; 
