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large and beautiful one, a little diftancc from otif 
c mp. The alligator, a fpecies of crocodile, abounds 
in die river., and fwarnps, near the fea coaft, but is 
not to be feen above Augufta. Bears* tygers*, 
wolves, and wild cats (felis cauda truncata) are 
numerous enough : and there is a very great variety 
of papilio and phalena, many of which are admir- 
ably beautiful, as well as other infeCis of infinite 
variety. 
The furveyors having completed their obferva- 
tions, we fat off next day on our return to Augufta, 
taking our route generally through the low lands 
on the banks of the Savanna. We crofted Broad 
River, at a newly fettled plantation near its conflu- 
ence with the Savanna. On my arrival at Augufta, 
finding myfelf a little fatigued, I fcaid there a day 
or two, and then fat off again for Savanna, the ca- 
pital, where we arrived in good health. 
Having, in this journey, met with extraordinary 
fuccefs, not only in the enjoyment of an uninter- 
rupted ftate of good health, and efcaping ill acci- 
dents, incident to fuch excurfions, through unin- 
habited wilderneftes, and an Indian frontier, but alfo 
in making a very extenfive collection of new dis- 
coveries of natural productions ; on the recolleCtion 
of fo many and great favours and bieftings, I now, 
with a high fenfe of gratitude, prefume to offer up 
my fincere thanks to the Almighty, the Creator and 
Preferver. 
* This creature is called, in Pennfylvania and the northern States, panther § 
hut in Carolina and the fouthern States, is called tyger ; it is very ftrong, 
much larger than any dog, of a yellowiih brown, or clay colour, having a 
very long tail : it is a milchievous animal, and preys on calves, young 
colts, &c» 
CHAP, 
