TRAVELS IN 
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ihores of this great river St. Juan are very level 
and fhoal, extending in fome places, a mile or two 
into the river, betwixt the high land and the clear 
waters of the river, which is fo level, as to be co- 
vered not above a foot or two deep with water, and 
at a little diftance appears as a green meadow, hav- 
ing water-grafs and other amphibious vegetables 
growing in the oozy bottom, and floating upon the 
water. 
Having a lively leading breeze, I kept as near 
the Eafl: Ihore as pofiible, often furprifed by the 
plunging of alligators, and greatly delighted with 
the pleafing profpe£t of cultivation, and the increafe 
of human induftry, which frequently ftruck my view 
from the elevated, diftant fliores. 
At night I ran in fhore, at a convenient harbour, 
where I was received and welcomed by the gentle- 
man, who was agent for the plantation, and at’ whole 
pleafant habitation near the harbour, I took up my 
quarters for the night* 
This very civil man happened to be a perfon 
with whom I had formerly been acquainted in St, 
Augultine •, and as he lived about twenty miles dif- 
tant from it, I had good reafon to expert that he 
would be a proper perfon to obtain intelligence 
from, concerning the difturbances which were thought 
ftill to fubfift between the Lower Creeks and the 
white inhabitants of Eafl; Florida. Upon enquiry, 
and converfation with him, I found my conjectures 
on that head to have been well founded. My friend 
informed me, that there had, but a few days flnce, 
been a council held at St. Auguftine, between the 
governor of Eafl: Florida and the chiefs of the 
Lower Creeks. They had been delegated by their 
towns. 
