22a CHAPTER 44. 
and afterwards fojourned, for fome time, a- 
mong xht Indians in the mountainous regions 
at and about Fort Moore. He then extend- 
ed his refearchcs through Georgia and Flo^ 
rida ; and having fpent nearly three years 
on the continent, he vifited the Bahama 
IJlandsy taking his refidence in the IJIe of 
Providence ; carrying on his plan, and par- 
ticularly making colleSions of fifhes, and 
fubmarine produdlions. 
On his return to Englandy in the year 
1726, his labours having met vv^ith the ap- 
probation of his patrons, Wlv. Catesby 
made himfelf mafter of the art of Etching ; 
and, retiring to Floxton, employed himfelf 
in carrying on his great work, which he 
publiflied in numbers of twenty plants each. 
The firft appeared in the latter end of the 
year 1730 ; and the firft volume, confifting 
of ICQ plates, was finifhed in 1732 : the 
fecond, in 1743 ; and the Appendix, of 
twenty plates, in the year 1748. 
A regular account of each number, writ- 
ten by Dr. Cr(?;;2w// Mortimer, Secretary 
of the Royal Society, was laid before the 
Society 
