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banks and flioals of Ship and Horn iflands, and 
the high and bold coaft of Biloxi on the main, 
got through the narrow pafs Aux Chriftians, and 
foon came up abreaft of Ifle Dauphin, betwixt 
whofe fhoals and the Weft Cape of Mobile Bay 
we got aground on fome funken oyfter banks ; 
but next day a brifk Southerly wind raifed the 
fea on the coaft, which lifted us off again, and 
letting fail, we (hot through the Pafs au Oleron, 
and entering the bay, by night came to anchor 
fafe again at the city of Mobile. 
After having made up my collections of grow- 
ing roots, feeds and curious fpecimens, left them 
to the care of Meffrs. Swanfon and M c Gillavry, 
to be forwarded to Dr. Fothergill of London. I 
prepared to fet off again to Augufta in Georgia, 
through the Creek Nation, the only practicable 
way of returning by land, being fruftrated of 
purfuing my intended rout which I had meditat- 
ed, through the territories of the Siminoles or 
Lower Creeks, they being a treacherous people, 
lying fo far from the eye and controul of the na- 
tion with whom they are confederate, that there 
had lately been depredations and murders com- 
mitted by them at the bay of Apalache, on fome 
families of white people who were migrating from 
Georgia, with an intention of fettling on the 
Mobile. Having to pafs the diftance of near 
two hundred miles to the firft town of the na- 
tion, through a folitary, uninhabited wildernefs, 
the bloody held of Schambe, where thofe con- 
tending bands of American bravos. Creeks and 
ChaCtaws, often meet in dire conflict; for the 
better convenience and fecurity, I joined com- 
pany with a caravan of traders, now about fet- 
ting off for the nation. 
Obferved 
