NORTH AMERICA . 
being the moil intelligent and willing to oblige me. 
We coafted the green verge of the plain, under the 
furrounding hills, occasionally penetrating and croft 
fing the projecting promontories, as the pathway 
or conveniency dictated, to avoid the waters and 
mud which (till continued deep and boggy near the 
fteep hills, in fpringy places ; fo that when we came 
to luch places, we found it convenient to afcend 
and coait round the fides of the hills, or (trike out 
a little into the favanna, to a moderately fwelling 
ridge, where the ground being dry, and a delight- 
ful green turf was pleafant travelling ; but then we 
were under the neceffity of fording creeks or rivu- 
lets, w T hi.ch are the conduits or drains of the (hal- 
low boggy ponds or rnoraftPes juft under the hills. 
This range or chain of moraftes continues round the 
fouth and fouth-weft border of the favanna, and 
appeared to me to be fed or occaftoned by the 
great wet bay-gale or favanna Pine lands, which lie 
immediately back of the high hilly forefts on the 
great favanna, part of which we crofted in coming 
from Cufcowilla ; which bottom is a flat, level, hard 
fand, lying between the fand ridge of Cufcowilla, 
and thefe eminences of the great (Ivanna ; and is a 
vaft receptacle or refervoir of the rain waters, which 
being defended from the adtive and powerful exha- 
lations of the meridian fun, by the ftiadow of the 
Pine trees, low (hrubs, and grafs, gradually filter- 
ing through the fand, drain through thefe hills, and 
p refen t the mfe Ives in innumerable little meander- 
ing rills, at the bafes of the fhady heights fronting 
the favanna* 
Our progrefs this day was extremely pleafant, 
over the green turf, having in view numerous herds 
of cattle and deer, and fquadrons of horfe, peaceably 
browzing on the tender, fweet grafs, or (trolling 
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