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gudine, which effectually cut off their communica- 
tion between that garrifon and St. Mark’s ; this an- 
cient highway is grown up in many places with trees 
and fhrubs; but yet has left fo deep a track on the 
furface of the earth, that it may be traced for ages 
yet to ' come. 
Leaving the highway on our left hand, we afcended 
a fandy ridge, thinly planted by nature with ftately 
pines and oaks, of the latter genus particularly q« 
fmuata, f. flammula, q. nigra, q. rubra. Palled by 
an Indian village fituated on this high airy fand 
ridge, confiding of four or five habitations ; none 
of the people were at home, they were out at their 
hunting camps; we obferved plenty of corn in their 
cribs. Following a hunting path eight or nine miles* 
through a vaft pine foreft and graffy favanna, well 
timbered, the ground covered with a charming car- 
pet of various flowering plants, came to a large 
s creek of excellent water, and here we found, the en- 
campment of the Indians, the inhabitants of the little 
town we had palled; we faw their women and chil- 
dren, the men being out hunting. The women pre- 
fented themfelves to our view T as we came up, at the 
door of their tents, veiled in their mantle, modeftly 
fhowino- their faces, when we faluted them. Towards 
the evening we fell into the old trading path, and 
before night came to camp at the Plalfway Pond, 
Next morning, after collecting together the horfes, 
fome of which had drolled away at a great didance, 
we purfued our journey, and in the evening arrived 
at the trading houfe on St. Juan’s, from a fuccefsful 
and pleafant tour. 
On my return to the ftore on St. Juan’s the trad- 
ing fchooner was there ; but as die was not to re- 
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