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feet high, with a beautiful taper, of a bright alb co- 
lour, until within fix or feven feet of the top, where 
it is a fine green colour, crowned with an orb of 
rich green plumed leaves : I have meafured the ftem 
of thefe plumes fifteen feet in length, befides the 
plume, which is nearly of the fame length. 
The little lake, which is an expanfion of the ri- 
ver, now appeared in view; on the eaft fide are ex- 
ten five marlhes, and on the other, high forefts and 
orange groves, and then a bay, lined with vaft cy- 
prefs fwamps, both coafts gradually approaching 
each other, to the opening of the river again, which 
is in this place about three hundred yards wide. Even- 
ing now drawing on, I was anxious to reach fome high 
bank of the river, where I intended to lodge ; and 
agreeably to my wifhes, I foon after difcovered on 
the wefc fhore a little promontory, at the turning 
of the river, contracting it here to about one hun- 
dred and fifty yards in width. This promontory is 
a peninfula, containing about three acres of high 
ground, and is one entire orange grove, with a few 
live oaks, magnolias and palms. Upon doubling 
the point, I arrived at the landing, which is a cir- 
cular harbour, at the foot of the bluff, the top of 
which is about twelve feet high ; the back of it is- 
a large cyprefs fwamp, that fpreads each way, the 
right wing forming the weft coaft of the little lake, 
and the left ftretching up the river many miles, and en-f 
compaffmg a vaft fpace of low graffy marlhes. From 
this promontory, looking eaftward acrofs the river, 
I beheld a landfcape of low country, unparalleled 
as I think; on the left is the eaft coaft of the little 
lake, which I had juft paffed ; and from the orange 
bluff* at the lower end, the high forefts begin, and 
increafe in breadth from the fhore of the lake, mak- 
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