TRAVELS IN' 
indigo, corn, and potatoes*, with many other forts 
of efculent plants. I obferved, .amongft the fhells 
of the conical mounds, fr agments of earthen v f - 
fels, and of other utenfls, the manufacture a he 
ancients : about the centre of one of them, the rim 
of an earthen pot appeared amongft the fhells and 
earth, which I carefully removed, and drew it out, 
almofi: w hole : this pot was curioufly wrought all 
over the outfide, reprefenting bafket work, and was 
undoubtedly efteemed a very ingenious perform* 
ance, by the people, at the age of its conkruftion. 
The natural produce of thefe teftaceous ridges, be- 
fides many of lefs note, are, the great Laurel Tree, 
(Magnolia grandiflora) Pinus tteda, Laurus Bor- 
bonia, Quercus fempervirens, or Live Oak, Prunus 
Lauro -cerafus, Ilex aquifolium, Corypha palma, 
Juniperus Americana. The general furface of the 
ifland being low, and generally level, produces a 
very great variety of trees, fhrubs and herbaceous 
plants ; particularly the great long-leaved Pitch- 
Pine, or Broom-Pine, Pinus ‘paluftris., Pinus fqua- 
mofa, Pinus lutea, Gordonia L.afianthus, Liquid 
ambar (Styraciflua) Acer rubrum, Fraximu excel- 
cior; Fraxinus aquatica, Quercus aquatica, Quercus 
phillos, Quercus dentata, Quercus humila varietas, 
Vaccinium varietas, Andromeda varietas, Prinos va- 
rietas, Ilex varietas, Viburnum prunifolium, V. den- 
tatum, Cornus fiorida, C. alba, C. fanguinea, Car- 
pinus betula, C. oftrya, Itea Clethra alnifolia, Haie- 
fia tetraptera, H. diptera, Iva, Rhamnus frangula, 
Callicarpa, Morus rubra, Sapindus, Caffine, and of 
fuch as grow near water-courfes, round about 
ponds and favannas, Fothergilla gardini, Myrica 
cerifera, Olea Americana, Cyrilla racemiflora, 
* Convolvulus batata. 
Magnolia 
