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the eftablifhment of the fettlement. Mr. Mattock* 
who is now about feventy years of age, healthy and 
adtive, and prefides as chief magiftrate of the fet- 
dement, received us with great hofpitality. The 
diftance from Augufla to this place is about thirty 
miles ; the face of the country is chiefly a plain of 
high forefts, favannas, and cane fwamps, until we 
approach Little River, when the landfcape varies, 
prefenting to view high hills and rich vales. The 
foil is a deep, rich, dark mould, on a deep ftratum 
of reddifh brown tenacious clay, and that on a foun- 
dation of rocks which often break through both 
ftrata, lifting their backs above the furface. The 
foreft trees are chiefly of the deciduous order, as, 
qtiercus tindtoria, q. laciniata, q. alba, q. rubra, 
q. prinus, with many other fpecies ; celtus, fagus 
fylvatica, and, on the rocky hills, fagus caftanea, 
fag. purhila, quercus caftanea 5 in the rich vales* 
juglans nigra, jug. cinerea, gleditfia triacanthos, 
magnolia acuminata, liriodendron, platanus, fraxi- 
nus excelfior, cercea, juglans, exaltata, carpinus, 
morus rubra, calycanthus, halefta, asfculus pavia* 
aefc. arborea. 
Leaving the pleafant town of Wrightfborough, 
we continued eight or nine miles through a fertile 
plain and high foreft, to the north branch of Little 
River, being the largeft of the two, crofting which, 
we entered an extenfive fertile plain, bordering on 
the river, and fhaded by trees of vaft growth, which 
at once fpoke its fertility. Continuing fome time 
through thefe fhady groves, the fcene opens, and’ 
difclofes to view the moil magnificent foreft I had 
ever feen. We rofe gradually a doping bank of 
twenty or thirty feet elevation, and immediately 
entered this fublime foreft. The ground is perfedlly 
a level 
