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board his yeffel, and we proceeded for the fort, en- 
countering fome harfli treatment from thorny thick- 
ets, and prickly vines. However we reached the 
fort in the evening. The commander was out in the 
foreft, hunting. My companion being tired, or in- 
dolent, betook himfelf to red, while 1 made a tour 
round the fouth point of the ifland, walking the 
flielly paved fea beach, and picking up novelties. I 
had not gone above a mile, before I came up to a 
roebuck, lying flam on the lands; and hearing the 
report of a gun, not far off', and fuppofmg it to be 
from the captain of the fort, whom I expected foon 
to return to take up his game, I retired to a little 
diftance, mounted the fand hills, and fat down, en- 
joying a fine profpetft of the rolling billows and 
foaming breakers, beating on the bar, and north 
promontory of Amelia Ifle, oppofite to me. The 
captain of the fort foon came up, with a flain buck 
on his {boulders. We hailed each other, and re- 
turned together to the fort, where we were well 
treated, and next morning, at my requeft, the 
captain obligingly fat us over, landing us fafely on 
Amelia. After walking through a fpacious foreft 
of Live Oaks and Palms, and eroding a creek that 
ran through a narrow fait marfh, I and my fellow 
traveller arrived fafe at the plantation, where the 
agent, Mr. Egan, received us very politely and hof- 
pitabiy. This gentleman is a very intelligent and 
able planter, having already greatly improved the 
eftate, particularly in the cultivation of indigo. 
Great part of this ifland confifts of excellent horn- 
mocky land, which is the foil this plant delights 
in, as well as cotton, corn, batatas, and almofl 
every other efculent vegetable. Mr. Egan politely 
rode with me over great part of the ifland. On 
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