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requefted me to flay and dine with him ; and on 
my pleading, for excufe, the necefftty of my being 
at Frederica, " Yet, I pray you, ftay a little, I will 
loon have fome refrdhment for you. ** Prefently 
was laid before us a plentiful repaft of venifon, &c. ; 
our drink being honey and water, {Lengthened by 
the addition of brandy. Our rural table was fpread 
under the fhadow of Oaks, Palms, and Sweet Bays, 
fanned by the lively falubrious breezes wafted from 
the fpicy groves. Our mufic was the refponfive 
love -lays of the painted nonpareil, and the alert 
and gay mock-bird; whilft the brilliant humming- 
bird darted through the flowery groves, fu f pended 
in air, and drank ne&ar from the flowers of the 
yellow Jafmine, Lonicera, Andromeda, and fweet 
Azalea. 
But yet, how awfully great and fublime is the 
majeftic fcene eaftward ! the folemn found of the 
beating furf ftrikes our ears ; the dalhing of yon 
liquid mountains, like mighty giants, in vain affail 
jthe Ikies ; they are beaten back, and fall proftrate 
upon the fhores of the trembling ifland. 
Taking leave of my fylvan friend, I fat off on 
xny return to the town, where I arrived before 
night, having obferved, on the way, many curious 
vegetable productions, particularly Corypha Palma 
(or great Cabbage Palm) Corypha pumila, Corypha 
repens, frondibus expanfis, flabelliformibus, plica- 
tis, ftipit. fpinofis (Dwarf Saw Palmetto) Corypha 
obliqua, caudice arboreo adfcendente, frondibus 
expanfis, flabelliformibus, plicatis, ftipit. ferratis, 
Cyrilla, Tillandfia monoftachya, Till, lingulata, or 
Wild Pine ; both thefe curious vegetables are pa- 
rafites, living on the fubftance of others, particu- 
larly on the limbs of the Live Oak ; the latter fpe- 
