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TRAVELS IN 
chiefly a teftaceous concretion of broken, entire 
and pulverifed fea fheils, fand, &c. conftituting 
a coarfe kind of liine-ftone. The ebullition is 
copious, active and continual, over the ragged 
apertures in the rocks, which lie feven or eight 
feet below, fwelling the furface confiderably im- 
mediately above it. The waters defcend fwiftly 
from the fountain, forming at once a large brook, 
fix or eight yards over, and five or fix feet deep. 
There are multitudes of nfh in the fountain, of 
various tribes, chiefly the feveral fpecies of 
bream, trout, cat-fifh and garr : it was amufing to 
behold the ftOi continually afcending and defend- 
ing through the rocky apertures. Obferved that 
we croned no dream or brook of water within 
twelve or fifteen miles of this fountain, but had in 
view vail favannas, fwamps and Cane meadows, at 
no great diflance from cur road, on our right hand^ 
which we may prefume were the refources or refer- 
vcirs which contributed to the fupplies of this de- 
lightful grotto. Here were glowing on the afcents 
from the fountain, Magnolia graiidiilora, Laurus 
Borbonia, Quercus fempervirens, Callicarpa ; at a 
little diflance, a grove of the Caffine ; and in an 
old field, juft by, are to be feen fome fmall Indian 
mounts. We travelled feveral miles over ridges of 
low fwelling hills, whofe furfaces were covered with 
particoloured pebbles, (freaked and clouded with 
red, white, brown and yellow : they were moftly 
broken or fhivered to pieces, I believe by the 
ancients in forming arrow heads, darts, knives, 
&c. for I obferved frequently fome of thefe mis- 
fl iapen implements among ft them, fome broken and 
others fpoiled in the making. Thefe ilones feemed 
to be a fpecies of jafper or agate. 
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