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fhores of this great river St. Juan are very level 
and fhoal, extending, in fome places, a mile or two 
into the river, betwixt the high land and the clear 
waters of the river, which is fo level, as to be co- 
vered not above a foot or two deep with water, and 
at a little diftance appears as a green meadow, hav- 
ing water-grafs and other amphibious vegetables 
growing in the oozy bottom, and floating upon the 
water. 
Having a lively leading breeze, I kept as near 
the Eaft fliore as poflible, often furprifed by the 
plunging of alligators, and greatly delighted with 
the pleaflng profpeCt of cultivation, and the increale 
of human induftry, which frequently firuck my view 
from the elevated, diftant fnores. 
At night I ran in fhore, at a convenient harbour, 
where I was received and welcomed by the gentle- 
man, who was agent for the plantation, and at whofe 
pleafant habitation, near the harbour, I took up my 
quarters for the night. 
This very civil man happened to be a perfon 
with whom I had formerly been acquainted in St. 
Auguftine ; and as he lived about twenty miles dis- 
tant from it, I had good reafon to expect that he 
would be a proper perfon to obtain intelligence 
from, concerning the difturbances which were thought 
ftill to fubfift, between the Lower Creeks and the 
white inhabitants of Eaft Florida. Upon inquiry, 
and converfation with him, I found my conjectures 
on that head to have been well founded. My friend 
informed me, that there had, but a few days flnce, 
been a council held at St. Auguftine, between the 
governor of Eaft Florida and the chiefs of the 
Lower Creeks. They had been delegated by their 
towns, 
