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end of their village; the trees were large, care- 
fully pruned, and the ground under them clean, 
open, and airy. There feemed to be fever al hun- 
dred acres of cleared land about the village ; a 
confiderable portion of which was planted, chiefly 
with corn (Zea), Batatas, Beans, Pompions, Squafhes 
(Cucurbita verrucofa), Melons (Cucurbita citrullus). 
Tobacco (Nicotiana), &c. abundantly fufficient for 
the inhabitants of the village. 
After leaving this village, and coafting a con- 
fiderable cove of the lake, I perceived the river be- 
fore me much contracted within its late bounds, 
but {till retaining the appearance of a wide and 
deep river, both coafts bordered for feveral miles 
with rich deep Bvamps, well timbered with Cyprefs, 
Afh, Elm, Oak, Hiccory, Scarlet Maple, Nylfa 
aqnatica, Nylfa tupilo, Gordonia lafianthus, Cory- 
pha palma, Corypha pumila, Laurus Borbonia, &c. 
The river gradually narrowing, I came in fight of 
Charlotia, where it is not above half a mile wide, 
but deep ; and as there was a confiderable current 
againft me, I came here to an anchor. This town 
was founded by Den. Rolle, elq. and is fituated 
on a high bluff, on the eaft coaft, fifteen or twenty 
feet perpendicular from the river, and is in length 
half a mile, or more, upon its banks. The upper 
ftratum of the earth confifts entirely of feveral fpe- 
cies of freih water Cochlea, as Coch. helix, Coch. 
labyrinthus, and Coch. voluta ; the fecond, of ma- 
rine fhells, as Concha mytulus, Cone, oftrea, Cone, 
peeton, Haliotis auris marina, ElaL patella, &c. 
mixed with fea fand ; and the third, or lower ftra- 
tum, which was a little above the common level of 
the river, of horizontal maffes of a pretty hard 
rock, compofed almoft entirely of the above ihell, 
generally whole, and lying in every direction, pe- 
trified 
