NORTH AMERICA? 
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PART II? 
CHA P, I? 
We are, all of ns, fubjeft to croffes and difapr 
pointments, but more efpecially the traveller ; and 
when they furprife us, we frequently become rel- 
iefs and impatient under them : but let us rely on 
Providence, and by Undying and contemplating the 
works and power of the Creator, learn wifdom and 
underftanding in the economy of nature, and be 
ferioufly attentive to the divine monitor within. Let 
us be obedient to the ruling powers in fiich things 
as regard human affairs, our duties to each other, 
and all creatures and concerns that are fubmitted to 
our care and controui. 
In the month of March, 1774, £ fat off frqrn Sa- 
vanna, for Florida, proceeding by land to the Ala- 
tamaha, where I diverted my time agreeably in 
fhort excurfions, picking up curiolities, until the 
arrival of a fmall yeffel at Frederica, from Savanna, 
which was deflined to an Indian trading houfe h gh 
up St. John’s, in Eaft Florida. Upon informat on 
of this veffel’s arrival, I immediately took boat ; nd 
defcended the Alatamaha, calling by the way q: 
Broughton ifland, where I was kindly received ^y 
Mr. James Bailey, Mr. Laurens’s agent. Reaving 
Broughton ifland in the evening, 1 continued de- 
fending the fouth channel nine or ten miles, when, 
after eroding the foqnd ? I arrived at Frederica, on 
the ifland of St. Simon, where I was well received 
$nd entertained by James Spalding, efq. This gen T 
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