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a great diftance. Returned home in the evening 
fully fatisfied with the day's excurfion, from the 
difcovery of many curious and beautiful vegetables. 
Having advice from Mobile of an opportunity 
to Manchac, although my health was not eftablifh- 
ed, feverifh fymptoms continuing to lurk about me, 
I refoived, notwithstanding,, immediately to embrace 
this offer, and embarked again, defcendihg the ri- 
ver to the city in company with Dr. Grant, a phy- 
fician of the garrifon, and late in the evening ar- 
rived in town, having fuffered a fmart he of the fe- 
ver by the way. 
In the courfe of conversation with the do&or, I 
remarked that during my travels fince leaving the 
Creek nation, and when there, I had not feen any 
honey bees. He replied, that there were few or 
none Well of the ifthmus of Florida, and but one 
hive in Mobile, which was lately brought there from 
Europe, the Englifh fuppofmg that there were none 
in the country, not finding any when they took pof- 
feflion of it after the Spanim and French. I had 
been allured by the traders that there were none in 
Weft Florida, which to me feemed extraordinary 
and almoft incredible, fince they are fo numerous 
all along the Eaftern continent from Nova Scotia to 
Eaft Florida, even in the wild foreils, as to be 
thought, by the generality of the inhabitants, abo- 
rigines of this continent. 
The boat in which I had taken a paiTage to Pearl 
river, not being in readinefs to depart for feveral 
days to come, 1 fought opportunities to hi] up this 
time to the heft advantage poffible ; and hearing 
nf a boat going to the river Perdedo, for the pur- 
pole of fecuring the remains of a wreck, I appre- 
hended 
