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•and laftly, flow down, with an eafy, meandering. 
Heady courfe, into the rivers to which they are tri- 
butary. 
Our horfes by this time having recruited them- 
felves, by ranging at liberty and feeding in the rich 
young cane fwamps, in the vicinity of Apalachu- 
cla, v/e refumed our journey for Mobile, having; 
here repaired our eqi ’page, and replenished our- 
felves with frefh fqpplies of provi lions. Our cara- 
van was now reduced to its original number ; the 
companies of traders who joined us at the Flat-rock, 
on our arrival at this town feparated from us, be- 
taking themfelves to the feveral towns in the Na- 
tion, where they were refpedtively bound. I fhali 
juft mention a very curious non defcric t fhriib, which 
I obferved growing in the fhady for efts, beneath 
the afcents, next bordering on the rich low lands 
of the river. 
This ftolomferous fhrub grows five or fix feet 
in height ; many ftems ufually afcend from one root 
or the fame fo.urce 3 thefe feveral ftems diverge 
from each other, or incline a little towards the earth, 
covered with a fmooth whitifh bark, divided op- 
politely, and the branches wreath and twill about, 
being ornamented with compound leaves; there 
being five lanceolate ferrated leaves, affociated upon 
one general long flender petiole, which Hand op- 
pofitely, on the branches, which terminate with a 
fpike, or panicle of white flowers, having an 
agreeable fcent : from the characters of the flow- 
ers, this fnrub appears to be a fpecies of iEfculus 
or Pavia, but as I could find none of the fruit and 
but a few flowers, quite out of feafon and imperfect, 
1 am not certain. 
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