NORTH AMERICA® 
commended by letters from the honourable John 
Stewart, fuperintendant, refiding at Charleflon, 
mentioning my bufmefs in the Cherokee country. 
The road this day had led me over an uneven 
country, its furface undulated by ridges or chains 
of hills, fometimes rough with rocks and (tones, 
yet generally productive of forefts, with a variety 
of vegetables of inferior growth, i. e. Quercus, va- 
rious fpecies, Juglans hickory, varieties, Lirioden- 
dron, Fraxinus, Fagus fylvatica, Fagus caftanea, 
Fagus pumila, f. Chinkapin, NyiTa Sylvatiea, Acer 
mb rum, iEfculus fylvatica. Magnolia acuminata. 
Magnolia tripetala, Andromeda arborea, Hopea 
rinftoria, iEfculus pavia. Viburnum, Azalea flam mea 
and other fpecies ; Hydrangea, Calycanthus, &c. 
The feafon being uncommonly wet, almoft daily 
fhowers of rain, frequently attended with tre- 
mendous thunder, rendered travelling difagreeable, 
Soilfome and hazardous, through an uninhabited 
wildernefs, abounding with rivers and brooks. I 
was prevailed upon by Mr. Cameron to flay at 
his houfe a few days, until the rains ceafed and 
the rivers could be more eafily forded. 
The Angelica lucida or nondo grows here in a- 
bundance : its aromatic carminative root is in taflc 
much like that of the Ginfeng (Panax) though more 
of the tafle and fcent of Anife feed : it is in high 
eftimation with the Indians as well as white inha- 
bitants, and fells at a great price to the Southern 
Indians of Florida, who dwell near the fea coaft 
where this never grows fpontaneoufly. I obferved 
a charming fpecies of Malva, having panicles of 
large fplendid purple or deep blue flowers.; and an- 
other fpecies of Malva, very fmguiar indeed, for 
