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Upon fight of me he flood, and feemed a little furpri- 
fed, as I was very much ; but inllantly recollecting 
himfelfand alfuming a countenance of benignity and 
cheerfulnefs, he came brifkly to me and fhook hands 
heartily, and fmilingly inquired from whence I 
came, and whither going ; but fpeaking only in the 
Cherokee tongue, our converfation was not conti- 
tinued to a great length. Iprefented him with fome 
choice Tobacco, which was accepted with courtefy 
and evident pleafure, and to my inquiries concern- 
ing the roads and dillance to the Overhill towns, he 
anfwered me with perfect cheerfulnefs and good 
temper. We then again fhook hands and parted in 
friendfhip ; he defended the hills, finging as he went. 
Of vegetable productions obferved in this region* 
were the following viz. Acer flriatum, Ac. rubrum, 
juglans nigra. Jug. alba. Jug. Hiccory, Magnolia 
acuminata, Quercus alba, tindloria, rubra, 
Q^prinus, with the other varieties common in Vir- 
ginia : Panax ginfeng, Angelica lucida, Convallaria 
majalis, Halefia, Stewartia, Styrax, Staphylea, Evo- 
nimus. Viburnum, Cornus Florida, Betula nigra, 
Morus, Tilia, Ulmus, Fraxinus, Hopea tinfloria, 
Annona, Bignonia fempervirens, Ariftolochia frute- 
fcens, Bignonia radicans, &c. Being now refrefh- 
ed by a fimple but healthy meal, I began again to 
afcend the Jore mountains, which I at length ac- 
complifhed, and relied on the moll elevated peak ; 
from whence I beheld with rapture and aftonifh- 
ment a fublimely awful fcene of power and mag- 
nificence, a world of mountains piled upon moun- 
tains. Having contemplated this amazing profpect 
of grandeur, I defended the pinnacles, and again 
falling into the trading path, continued gently de- 
fending through a gralfy plain, fcatteringly planted 
