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fcoiivallaria and fiery Azalea, flaming on the at- 
tending hills or wavy furface of the gliding brooks. 
The epithet fiery, I annex to this moft celebrated 
ipecies of Azalea, as being expreffive of the appear- 
ance of its flowers, which are in general of the co- 
lour of the fineft red lead, orange and bright gold„ 
as well as yellow and cream colour $ thefe various 
fplendid colours are not only in feparate plants, but 
frequently all the varieties and (hades are feen in 
feparate branches on the fame plant ; and the clut- 
ters of the bloffoms cover the fhrubs in fuch incre- 
dible profufion on the hill Tides, that fuddenly open- 
ing to view from dark Ihades, we are alarmed with 
the apprehenfion of the hill being fet on fire. This 
is certainly the moft gay and brilliant flowering 
ftirub yet known: it grows in little copies or 
clumps, in open forefts as well as dark groves, with 
other fhrubs, and about the bafes of hills, efpecially 
Where brooks and rivulets wind about them : the 
bullies feldom rife above fix or feVen feet in heights 
and generally but three, four and five, but branch 
and fpread their tops greatly ; the young leaves are 
but very fmall whilft the fhrubs are in bloom, from 
which circumftance the plant exhibits a greater 
(how of fplendour. 
Towards evening 1 crofted Broad river at a good 
ford, juft above its confluence with the Savanna, 
and arrived at Fort James, which is a four fquare 
ftockade, with faliant baftions at each angle, mount- 
ed with a block-houfe, where are fome fwivel guns* 
one ftory higher than the curtains, which are pier- 
ced with loop-holes, breaft high, and defended by 
fmall arms. The fortification enclofes about an a- 
ere of ground, where is the governor’s or comman- 
dant’s houfe, a good building, which is flanked on 
each fide by buildings for the officers and barracks 
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