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and ponds more expanfive; the fummits of the ridges 
more gravelly; here and there, heaps or piles of 
rocks, emerging out of the fand and gravel: thefe 
rocks are the fame fort of concrete of fand and fhells 
as noticed at St. Juan's and the great lake. The 
vegetable productions nearly the fame as already 
mentioned. 
We gently defcended again over fand ridges, crofted 
a rapid brock, ripling over the gravelly bed, hurry- 
ing the tranfparent waters into a vaft and beautiful 
lake, through a fine fruitful orange grove, whicli 
magnificently adorns the banks of the lake to a great 
diftance on each fide of the capes of the creek. This 
is a fine fituation for a capital town. Thefe waters 
are tributary to St. Juan’s. 
We alighted to refrefti ourfelves, and adjuft our 
packs. Here are evident figns and traces of a power- 
ful fettlement of the ancients. 
Sat off again, and continued travelling over a 
magnificent pine foreff, the ridges low, but their 
bafes extenfive, with proportionable plains. The 
fceady breezes gently and continually riling and fall- 
ing, fill the high lonefome forefts with an awful re- 
verential harmony, inexpreffibly fublime, and not to 
be enjoyed any where, but in thefe native wild In- 
dian regions. 
Cro fling another large deep creek of St. Juan’s, 
the country is a vaft level plain, and the foil good 
for the diftance of four or five miles, though light 
and Tandy, producing a foreft of ftately pines and 
laurels, with fome others; and a vaft profufion of 
herbage, fuch as rudbeckia, helianthus, filphium, 
polymnia, raeiiia, verbena, rhexea, convolvulus, fo- 
