NORTH AMERICA 
the decorated banks of the river, as it meanders 
through the meadows, or boldly fweeps along the 
bafes of the mountains, its furface receiving the 
images reflefied from the flowery banks above. 
Thus was my agreeable progrefs for about fif- 
teen miles, fince I came upon the fources of the 
Tanafe, at the head of this chaiming vale: in the 
evening efpying a human habitation at the foot of 
the doping green hills, beneath lofty forefls of the 
mountains on the left hand, and at the fame time 
obferving a man eroding the river from the oppo- 
fite fhore in a canoe and coming towards me, I wait- 
ed his approach, who hailing me, I anfwered I was 
for Cowe ; he intreated me very civilly to call at 
his houfe, adding that he would prefently come to 
me. * 
I was received and entertained here until next 
day with the moft perfect civility. After I had 
dined, towards evening, a company of Indian girls, 
inhabitants of a village in the hills at a fmall dis- 
tance, called, having bafkets of Itrawberries ; and 
this man, who kept here a trading houfe, being 
married to a Cherokee woman of family, was in- 
dulged to keep a flock of cattle, and his helpmate 
being an excellent houfe-wife and a very agreeable 
good woman, treated us with cream and ftraw- 
berries. 
Next morning after breakfafiing on excellent 
coffee, relifhed with bucanned venifon, hot com 
cakes, excellent butter and cheefe, fat forwards a- 
gain for Cowe, which was about fifteen miles dis- 
tance, keeping the trading path which courfed 
through the low lands between the hills and the ri- 
ver, now fpacious and well beaten by travellers, 
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