NORTH AMERICA. 
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blloba, radicalia, ciliata, conduplicanda, fenfibilia, 
infecta incarcerantia. Syft. vegetab. p. 335). 
This wonderful plant feems to be diftinguifhed in 
the creation, by the Author of nature, with facul- 
ties eminently fuperior to every other vegetable pro- 
duclien* ; fpecimens of it were firft communicated 
to the curious of the old world by John Bartram, the 
American botanift and traveller, who contributed 
as much, if not more, than any other man towards 
enriching the North American botanical nomencla- 
ture, as well as its natural hiftory. 
After traverfing thefe ample favannas, I gradu- 
ally afcended fand hills to open Pine forefts ; at 
evening got to Old town near Brunfwick, where I 
lodged. Brunfwick is a fea-port town on the Cla- 
rendon or Cape Fear river, about thirty miles 
above the capes ; it is about thirty years fince this 
was the feat of government, when Arthur Dobbs, 
Efq. was governor and commander in chief of the 
province of North Carolina* Continued up the 
Weft fide of North Weft of Cape Fear river, and 
refted two or three days at the feat of F. Lucas, 
Efq. a few miles above Livingfton's creek, a con- 
fiderable branch of the North W eft. This creek 
heads in yaft fwamps, in the vicinity of the beau- 
tiful lake Wakamaw, which js the fource of a fine 
river of that name, and runs a South courfe feventy 
pr eighty miles, delivering its waters into Winyaw 
bay at George-town. The Wakamaw lake is twen- 
ty fix miles in circuit ; the lands on its Eaftern 
mores are fertile, and the fituation delightful, 
gradually afcending from pleafing eminences ; 
bounded on the North- Weft coaft by yaft rich 
fwamps, fit for the production of Rice : the lake 
* See fome account of it in the introductioB. 
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