TRAVELS W 
the eftablilhment of the fettlement. Mr* Mattock* 
tvho is now about feventy years of age, healthy and 
a6Hve, and prefides as chief magiftrate of the fet- 
tlement, received us with great hofpitality. The 
distance from Augufta to this place is about thirty 
miles ; the face of the country is chiefly a plain of 
high forefts, favannas, and cane fwamps, until we 
approach Little River, when the landfcape varies, 
prefenting to view high hills and rich vales. The 
foil Is a deep, rich, dark mould, on a deep ftratum 
of reddifh brown tenacious clay, and that on a foun- 
dation of rocks which often break through both 
ftrata, lifting their backs above the furface. The 
foreft trees are chiefly of the deciduous order, as, 
quercus tincftoria, q. laciniata, q. alba, q. rubra, 
q. prinus, with many other fpecies; celtis, fagus 
fylvatiea, and, on the rocky hills, fagus caftanea, 
fag. pumila, quercus caftanea; in the rich vales, 
juglans nigra, jug. cinerea, gleditfia triacanthos, 
magnolia acuminata, liriodendron, platanus, fraxi- 
nus excelfior, cercea, juglans exaltata, carpinus, 
morus rubra, calycanthus, halefia, aefculus pavia* 
aefc. arborea. 
Leaving the pleafant town of Wrightfborough 
we continued eight or nine miles through a fertile 
plain and high foreft, to the north branch of Little 
River, being the largeft of the two, eroding which, 
we entered an extenfive fertile plain, bordering on 
the river, and fhaded by trees of vaft growth, which 
at once fpoke its fertility. Continuing fome time 
through thefe fhady groves, the feene opens, and 
difcloies to view the mod; magnificent foreft I had 
ever feen. We rofe gradually a Hoping bank of 
twenty or thirty feet elevation, and immediately 
entered this fublime foreft. The ground is perfedly 
a level 
