NORTH AMERICA, 
55 
PART IL 
CHAP. I. 
We are, all of us, fubjefl to crofles and disap- 
pointments, but more efpecially the traveller; and 
when they furprife us, we frequently become reft- 
lefs and impatient under them : but let us rely on 
Providence, and by ftudying and contemplating the 
works and power of the Creator, learn wifdom and 
underftanding in the economy of nature, and be 
ferioufly attentive to the divine monitor within. Let 
us be obedient to the ruling powers in fuch things 
as regard human affairs, our duties to each other, 
and all creatures and concerns that are fubmitted to 
our care and controul. 
In the month of March, 1774, I fat off from Sa- 
vanna, for Florida, proceeding by land to the Ala- 
tamaha, where I diverted my time agreeably in 
fhort excurfions, picking up curiofities, until the 
arrival of a fmall veffel at Frederica, from Savanna, 
which was deftined to an Indian trading houfe high 
up St. John's, in Eaft Florida. Upon information 
of this veffel’s arrival, I immediately took boat and 
defcended the Alatamaha, calling by the way of 
Broughton ifland, where I was kindly received by 
Mr. James Bailey, Mr. Laurens's agent. Leaving 
Broughton iftand in the evening, I continued de- 
fending the fouth channel nine or ten miles, when, 
after croffmg the found, I arrived at Frederica, on 
the ifland of St. Simon, where I was well received 
and entertained by James Spalding, efq* This gen- 
E 4 tleman 
