NORTH AMERICA. 14! 
It took me an hour or more to clear the water out 
of my bark. I then crofted the lake before a brifk 
and favourable breeze (it was about a ifiile over)* 
and landed fafely at the plantation. 
When I arrived^ my friend was affrighted to fee 
me, and immediately inquired of me in what man- 
ner I came there ; fuppofing it impoffible (until I 
had fliowed him my boat) that I could have arrived 
by water, through fo tremendous a hurricane. 
Indeed I faw plainly that they were greatly terri- 
fied, having fuffered almoft irreparable damages 
from the violence of the form. All the buildings 
on the plantation, except his own dwelling-houfe, 
were laid almoft fiat to the ground, or the logs and 
roof rent afunder and twifted about; the manfton- 
houfe fhook and reeled over their heads. He had 
nearly one hundred acres of the Indigo plant almoft 
ripe for the firft cutting, which were nearly ruined ; 
and feveral acres of very promifing fugar-cane, to- 
tally fpoiled for the feafon. The great live oaks 
which had been left Handing about the fields, were 
torn to pieces, their limbs lying fcattered over the 
ground: and one very large one -which ftood near 
his houfe torn down, which could not have been 
done by the united ftrength of a thoufand men. But 
what is incredible, in the midft of this devaftation 
and ruin, providentially no lives were loft; although 
there were about fixty Negro Oaves on the planta- 
tion, and moft of them in their huts when the ftorm 
came on, yet they efcaped with their lives, though 
feveral were badly wounded. 
I continued here three days: indeed it took moft 
of the time of my abode with him, to dry my books 
and fpecimens of plants. ' But with attention and 
care 
