NORTH AMERICA. 
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Being under a necefTity of making two or three 
days flay here, in order to refit myfelf, for by this 
time my flock of cloaths was entirely worn out, I 
took this opportunity of vifiting my friend doctor 
Wdis at his plantations near the city. And now 
being again new clothed and furniflied with a toler- 
able Indian poney, I took leave of my hoft and pre- 
pared to depart for Savanna. 
Soon after I left Augufla, proceeding for Sa- 
vanna, the capital, a gentleman overtook me on 
the road, who was a native of Ireland, and had 
lately arrived in this part of America with a view 
of fettling a plantation in Georgia, particularly 
for the culture of thofe very ufeful fruits and ve- 
getables that are cultivated up the Mediterranean, 
and which fo largely contribute towards fupport- 
ing that lucrative branch of commerce, the Le- 
vant trade, viz. Vitis vinifera, for wine, Vitis 
Corinthiaca, for Currants, Vitis Allobrogica, for 
Raifms, Olives, Figs, Morus, for feeding filk- 
worms, Amygdalus communis, Piftachia, Cap- 
paris, Citrus aurantium, Citrus limon, Citrus 
verrucofa, the great fweet fcented Citron, &c. 
He was very ingenious, defirous of information, 
and as liberal and free of communicating his own 
acquisitions and difcoveries in ufeful fcience, v and 
confequently a very agreeable companion. On 
our journey down we flopped a while to reft and 
refrefh ourielves at the Great Springs, near the 
road, on our left hand, about midway between 
Augufla and Savanna. This amazing fountain 
of tranfparent cool water, breaks fuddenly out of 
the earth, at the bafts of a moderately elevated 
hill or bank, forming at once a bafon near twenty 
yards over, afcending through a horizontal bed 
of foft rocks, of a heterogeneous composition, 
chiefly 
