NORTH AMERICA® 
diefe rocks are horizontal dabs or flat mafles, 
rifing out of the lake two or three feet above its 
furface, and feem an aggregate compofltion or 
concrete of fand, JTnells > and calcareous cement, of a 
dark gray or dufky colour. The (tones are hard and 
firm enough for buildings, and ferve very well for 
light hand mill-ftones ; and when calcined afford a 
coarfe lime : they lie in vaft horizontal maifes 
upon one another, from one to two or three feet in 
thicknefs, and are eafily feparated and broken to 
any (ize or form, for the purpofe of building. Rocky 
Point is an airy, cool, and delightful (ituation, com- 
manding a mod ample and pleafing profpeCt of the 
lake and its environs ; but here being no wood, I 
re-embarked and failed down a little farther to the 
ifland in the bay, where I went on (hore at a mag- 
nificent grove of Magnolias and Oranges, defirous 
of augmenting my collections. I arofe early next 
morning, and after ranging the groves and favannas, 
returned, embarked again, and defcending, called 
at Mount Royal, where I enlarged my collections ; 
and bidding adieu to the gentleman and lady who 
refided there, and who treated me with great hof- 
pitality on my afcent up the river, arrived in the 
evening at the lower trading houfe^ 
CHAP 
