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TRAVELS IN 
CHAP. VL 
July 13 th we left the Apalachucla town, and 
three days journey brought us to Talaffe, a town 
on the Tallapoofe river, the North Eaft great 
branch of the Alabama or Mobile river ; having 
palled over a valt level plain country of expanfive 
iavannas, groves, Cane fwamps and open Pine fo~ 
rells, watered by innumerable rivulets and brooks, 
tributary to Apalachucla and Mobile. We now 
altered ourcourfe, turning to the left hand. Souther- 
ly, and defcending near the river banks, continually 
in fight of the Indian plantations and commons ad- 
jacent to their towns. Palfed by OtalTe, an ancient 
famous Mufcogulge town. The next fettlement 
we came to was Coolome, where we flayed two 
days, and having letters for Mr. Germany, the prin- 
cipal trader of Coolome, I meant to confult with 
him in matters relative to my affairs and future 
proceedings. 
Here are very extern! ve old fields, the abandon- 
ed plantations and commons of the old town, on the 
Eaft fide of the river ; but the fettlement is remov- 
ed, and the new town now ftands on the oppofite 
fhore, in a charming fruitful plain, under an eleva- 
ted ridge of hills, the fwelling beds or bafes of which 
are covered with a pleafing verdure of grafs ; but 
the iaft afcent is deeper, and towards the iummit 
difcovers fhelving rocky cliffs, which appear to be 
continually fplitting and burfting to pieces, fcatter- 
ing their thin exfoliations over the 'tops of the graffy 
knolls beneath. The plain is narrow where the 
town 
