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pifera, Liquidambar ftyraciflua, Morus rubra, 
Cercis tilia, Populus heterophylla, Platanus occi- 
dentalism Laurus faffafras, Laurus Borbonia, Ho- 
pea tinctoria, Fraxinus excelfior, Nyffa, IJlmus, 
Juglans exaltata, Halefa, Stewartia. Nearly one- 
third of this vaft plain is what the inhabitants call 
fwamps, which are the fources of numerous final! 
rivers and their branches : thefe they call fait ri- 
vers, becaufe the tides how near to their fources, 
and generally carry a good depth and breadth of 
water for frnall craft, twenty or thirty miles up- 
wards from the fea, when they branch and ipread 
abroad like an open hand, interlocking with each 
other, and forming a chain of fwamps acrofs the 
Carolinas and Georgia, feveral hundred miles pa- 
rallel with the fea coaft. Thefe fwamps are fed 
and replenifhed conftantly by an infinite number of 
rivulets and rills, which fpring out of die firft bank 
or afcent : their native trees and ilirubs are, befides 
moil of thofe already enumerated above, as follow : 
Acer rubrum, Myffa aquatica, Chionanthus, Celtis, 
Fagus fylvatica, Sambricus ; and the higher knolls 
afford beautiful clumps of Azalea nuda and Azalea 
vifcofa, Corypha palma, Corypha purnila, and Mag- 
nolia grandidora ; befides, the whole furface of the 
ground between the trees and ilirubs appear to be 
occupied with canes (Arundo gigantea) entangled 
with feftoons of the floriferous Glycine frutefcens, 
Bignonia fempervirens. Glycine apios, Smilax, va- 
rious fpecies, Bignonia crucigera, Bign. radicans, 
Lonicera fempervirens, and a multitude of other 
trees, fhrubs, and plants lefs confpicuous ; and, in 
very wet places, Cupreffus diflicha. The upper 
foil of thefe fwamps is a perfebUy black, fo^py, 
rich earth, or (tiff mud, two or three feet deep, 
en a foundation or ftratum of calcareous foffrl, 
5 which 
