4/2 TRAVELS IN 
is twelve miles Weft from Moore's Efq. whofe 
villa is on the banks of the North Weft. 
Proceeding again up the North Weft, crofted 
Carver's creek, and flopped at Afhwood, the an- 
cient feat of Colonel William Bartram. The houfe 
Hands on the high banks of the river, near feventy 
feet in height above the furface of the water ; this 
high bluff continues two or three miles on the ri- 
ver, and commands a magnificent profpect of the 
low lands oppofite, when in their native ftate, 
prefenting to the view grand forefts and expan- 
sive Cane meadows : the trees which compofe 
thefe forefts are generally of the following tribes, 
Quercus tincboria, Querc. alba, Querc. phillos, 
Querc. aquatica, Querc. hemifpherica, Fraxinus 
excelfior, Piatanus occidentals, Liriodendron 
tulipifera, Liquidambar ftyraciflua, Ulmus, Ti- 
lia, Juglans hiccory, Juglans cinerea, Juglans 
nigra, Morus rubra, Gleditfia triacanthus, Ho- 
pea tincloria, Nyfla aquatica, Nyfta fylvatka, 
Carpinus and many more ; the CuprefTus difticha 
as irately and beautiful as I have feen any where. 
When thefe lands are cleared of their timber and 
cultivated, they produce abundantly, particular- 
ly, Wheat, Zea, Cotton, Hemp, Flax, with va- 
riety of excellent vegetables. This perpendicu- 
lar bank of the river, by which the waters fwiftly 
glide, along, difcovers at once the various ftrata 
of the earth of this low maritime country. Fo'r 
the mod: part, the upper ftratum confifts of a 
light, fandy, pale, yellowifh mould or loam, for 
ten or twelve feet in depth (except the fiat level 
land back from the rivers, where the clays or 
marie approach very near the furface, and the 
ridges of land hills, where the clays lie much 
deeper) : this fandy mould or loam lies upon a 
