NORTH AMERICA* 
*543 
After paffing through this meadow, the road led 
me over the bales of a ridge of hills,which as a bold 
promontory dividing the fields I had juft palled, 
form expanfive green lawns. On thefe towering 
hills appeared the ruins of the ancient famous town 
of Sticoe. Here was a vaft Indian mount or tu- 
mulus and great terrace, on which flood the coun- 
cil-houfe, with banks encompafting their circus ; 
here were alfo old Peach and Plumb orchards ; 
fome of the trees appeared yet thriving and fruitful. 
Prefently after leaving thefe ruins, the vale and 
fields are divided by means of a fpur of the moun- 
tains pufhing forward : here likewife the road fork- 
ed; the left-hand path continued up the mountains 
to the Overhill towns : I followed the vale to the 
right hand, and foon began again to afcend the hills, 
riding feveral miles over very rough, ftony land, 
yielding the like vegetable productions as hereto- 
fore ; and defcending again gradually, by a dubious 
winding path, leading into a narrow vale and lawn, 
through which rolled on before me a delightful, 
brook, water of the Tanafe. I crofted it and con- 
tinued a mile or two down the meadows ; when 
the high mountains on each fide fuddenly receding, 
difcovered the opening of the extenfive and fruit- 
ful vale of Cowe, through which meanders the 
head branch of the Tanafe, almoft from its fource, 
fixty miles, following its courfe down to Cowe. 
I left for a little while, the ftream palling fwiftly 
and foaming over its rocky bed, laihing the fteep 
craggy banks, and then fuddenly funk from my 
fight, murmuring hollow and deep under the rocky 
furface of the ground. On my right hand the vale 
expands, receiving a pretty filvery brook of water 
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