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In the evening this furprifingly heavy tempeft 
paffed off, we had a ferene Iky and a pleajfant cool 
night; having had time enough to colled a great 
quantity of wood and Pine knots to feed our fires 
and keep up a light in our camp, which was a lucky 
precaution, as we found it abfolutely neceffarv to 
dry our clothes and warm ourfelves, for ah our 
fkins and bedding were caff over the packs of mer- 
chandize to prevent them and our provifion from 
being injured by the deluge of rain. Next day was 
cool and pleafant, the air having reeo aed its elaf- 
ticity and vivific fpirit : I found myfelf cheerful 
and invigorated; indeed all around us appeared re- 
animated, and nature prefented her cheerful coun- 
tenance ; the vegetables firmed i their blooming 
decorations and fparkling cryftalline dew-drops* 
The birds fung merrily in the groves, and the alert 
roe buck whiffled and bounded over the ample meads 
and green turfy hills. After leaving our encamp- 
ment, we travelled over a delightful territory, pre- 
fenting to view variable fylvan fcenes, confiding of 
chains of low hills affording high forefts, with ex- 
panfivefavannas,Cane meadows, and lawns between* 
watered with rivulets and glittering brooks. To- 
wards evening we came to camp on the banks of 
Pintchlucco, a large branch of the Chata Uche river. 
The next day's journey was over an uneven hilly 
country, but the foil generally fertile and of a 
quality and fituation favourable to agriculture and 
grazing, the fummits of the ridges rough with fer- 
ruginous rocks, in high cliffs and fragments, feat- 
tered over the furface of the ground : obferved 
alfo high cliffs of ftiff reddifh brown clay, with veins 
or ftrata of ferruginous ffones, either in detached 
maffes or conglomerated nodules or hematites with 
veins or maffes of ochre. 
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