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lia, Live Oaks, and others already noticed; and the 
oppofxte point of the crefcent, gradually retires with 
hummocky projedting points, indenting the grafly 
hiarfties, and laftly terminates in infinite green 
plains and meadows, united with the ikies and wa- 
ters of the lake. Such a natural landfcape, fuck a 
rural fcene, is not to be imitated by the united in- 
genuity and labour of man. At prefent the ground 
betwixt the town and the lake is adorned by an 
open grove of very tall Pine trees, which (landing 
at a confiderable diftance from each other, admit a 
delightful proipecl of the Iparkling waters. The 
lake abounds with various excellent Mi and wild 
fowl ; there are incredible numbers of the latter, 
eipecialy in the winter feafon, when they arrive 
here from the north to winter. 
The Indians, abdicated the ancient Alachua town 
on the borders of the favanna, and built here, call- 
ing the new 7 town Cufcowdla : their reafons for re- 
moving their habitation were on account of its un- 
healthinefs, occafioned, as they fay, by the french 
of the putrid fifh and reptiles in the funimer and au- 
tumn, driven on fiiore by the alligators', and the 
exhalations from marfhes of the iavaima, together 
with the perfecution of the mufquitoes. 
They plant but little here about the town ; only 
a fmall garden fpot at each habitation, confiding 
of a little Corn, Beans, Tobacco, Citruls, Sic, 
Their plantation, which fupplies them with the chief 
of their vegetable provifions, fuch as Zea, Con- 
volvulus batata, Cucurbita citrulus, Cue. lagenaria. 
Cue. pepo, Cue. melopepo, Cue. verrucofa, Do- 
lichos varieties, &c. lies on dm rich prolific lands 
bordering on the great Alachua favanna, about two 
miles diftance. This plantation is one common en- 
clbfure. 
