NORTH AMERICA. 
with increafed force and velocity, I turned about, 
defcending the river, and next evening came to at 
a large well cultivated plantation, where I lodged 
all night, and the evening following returned to 
Taenfa. 
Next day I felt fymptoms of a fever, which in a 
few days laid me up and became dangerous. But 
a dofe of Tart. Emet. broke its violence ; and care 
and good attendance, after a few days in fome de- 
gree refcored my health, at lead, fo far as to ena- 
ble me to rove about the neighbouring forefts $ 
and here being informed of a certain plant of ex- 
traordinary medical virtues, and in high eitima- 
tion with the inhabitants, which grew in the 
hilly land about thirty miles higher up the river* 
I refolved to fet out in fearch of it, the Major be- 
ing fo polite and obliging as to furnifh me with 
horfes to ride, and a Negro to pilot and take caire 
of me. 
Sat off in the morning, and in the courfe of the 
day’s journey eroded feveral creeks and brooks, one 
of which fwam our horfes. On palling by a fwamp 
at the head of a bay or lagoon of the river, I ob~ 
ferved a fpecies of Cyprefs ; it differs a little from 
the white Cedar of New-Jerfey and Pennfylvania 
(Cupreffus thyoides), the trunk is fhortand the limbs 
fpread horizontally, the branches fuller of leaves 
and the cones larger and of a crimfon or reddifh 
purple colour when ripe. 
After leaving the low grounds and afeending 
the hills, difeovered the plant 1 went in fearch of* 
which 1 had before frequently obferved in my de~ 
feent from the Creek nation down towards Taenfa, 
This plant appears to be a fpecies of Collinfonia ; 
