TRAVELS 1'N 
chiefly a teftaceous concretion of broken, entire 
and pulverifed fea fhells, fand, &c. conftituting 
a coarfe kind of lime-ftone. The ebullition is 
copious, active and continual, over the ragged 
apertures in the rocks, which lie feven or eight 
feet below, fwelling the furface confiderably im- 
mediately above it. The waters defcend fwiftly 
from the fountain, forming at once a large brook, 
fix or eight yards over, and five or fix feet deep. 
There are multitudes of fifh in the fountain, of 
various tribes, chiefly the feverai fpecies of 
bream, trout, cat-fifh and garr : it was amufing 
to behold the fifh continually afcending and de^ 
icending through the rocky apertures. Obferved 
that we crofted no ftream or brook of water within 
twelve or fifteen miles of this fountain, but had 
in view vaft favannas, fwamps and Cane mea* 
dows, at no great diftance from our road, on 
our right hand, which we may prefume were 
the refources or refervoirs which contributed to 
the fupplies of this delightful grotto. Here were 
growing on the afcents from the fountain. Mag- 
nolia grandiflora, Laurus Borbonia, Quercus 
fempervirens, Callicarpa ; at a little diftance, a 
grove of the Cafline ; and in an old field, juft 
by, are to be feen fome fmall Indian mounts. We 
travelled feverai miles over ridges of low fwell- 
ing hills, whofe furfaces were covered with par- 
ticoloured pebbles, ftreaked and clouded with 
red, white, brown and yellow : they were moftly 
broken or fhivered to pieces, I believe by the 
ancients in forming arrow-heads, darts, knives, 
&c., for I obferved frequently fome of thefemis- 
fhapen implements amongft them, fome broken 
and others fpoiled in the making. Thefe ftones 
feemed to be a fpecies of jalper or agate. 
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