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cabin on the fide of a hill, a very agreeable prof- 
pe£t, efpecially in my prefent condition ; I made 
op to it and took quiet poffeffion, there being no 
one to difpute it with me except a few bats and 
whip-poor-wills 3 who had repaired thither for fhelter 
from the violence of the hurricane. 
Having turned out my horfe in the fweet mea- 
dows adjoining, and found fome dry wood under 
fhelter of the old cabin, I {truck up a fire, dried my 
clothes, and comforted myfelf with a frugal repaid 
of bifcuit and dried beef, which was all the food my 
viaticum afforded me by this time, excepting a 
fmall piece of cheefe which I had furnifhed myfelf 
with at Charlefton and kept till this time. 
The night was clear, calm and cool, and I refted 
quietly. Next morning at day break I was awak- 
ened and fummoned to refume my daily talk, by 
the thrill cries of the focial night hawk and a£live 
merry mock* bird. By the time the rifing fun had 
gilded the tops of the towering hills, the mountains 
and vales rang with the harmonious fhouts of 
the pious and cheerful tenants of the groves and 
meads. 
I obferved growing in great abundance in thefe 
mountain meadows, Sanguiforba Canadenfis and 
Heracleum maximum ; the latter exhibiting a fine 
fhow, being rendered confpicuous even at a great 
diftance, by its great height and fpread, vafl pen- 
natifid leaves and expanfive umbels of fnow-white 
flowers. The fwelling bafes of the furrounding 
hills fronting the meadows prefented for my ac- 
ceptance the fragrant red ftrawberry, in painted 
beds of many acres furface, indeed I may fafely fay, 
many hundreds* 
After 
