TRAVELS IN 
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Andalufian breed, brought here by the Spaniards 
when they firft eftablifhed the colony of Eaft Flo- 
rida. From the forehead to their nofe is a little 
arched or aquiline, and fo are the fine Chadtaw 
horfes among the Upper Creeks, which are faid 
to have been brought thither from New-Mexico 
acrofs Miflifippi, by thofe nations of Indians who 
emigrated from the Weft, beyond the river. Thefe 
, horfes are every way like the Siminole breed, only 
larger, and perhaps not fo lively and capricious. 
It is a matter of conjedture and inquiry, whether 
or not the different foil and fituation of the country 
may have contributed in fome meafure, in forming 
and eftablifhing the difference in fize and other qua- 
lities betwixt them. I have obferved the horfes and 
other animals in the high hilly country of Carolina, 
Georgia, Virginia, and all along our Ihores, are of 
a much larger and ftronger make, than thofe which 
are bred in the flat country next die fea coaft. A 
buck-fkin of the Upper Creeks and Cherokees will 
weigh twice as heavy as thofe of the Siminoles or 
Lower Creeks, and thofe bred in the low flat coun- 
try of Carolina. 
Our firft day’s journey was along the Alachua 
roads, twenty-five miles to the Half-way Pond, 
where we encamped: the mufquitoes were excef- 
fively troublefome the whole night. 
Decamped early next morning, ftill purfuing the 
road to Alachua, until within a few miles of Cufco- 
willa; when the road dividing, one for the town, and 
the other for the great favanna, here our company 
feparated. One party chofe to pafs through the 
town, having fome concerns there. I kept with the 
party that went through the favanna, it being the 
beft 
