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and ponds more expanfive ; the fummits of the ridges 
more gravelly ; here and there, heaps or piles of 
rocks, emerging out of the fand and gravel : thefe 
rocks are the fame fort of concrete of fand and fhells 
as noticed at St. Juan's and the great lake. The 
vegetable productions nearly the fame as already 
mentioned. 
We gently defcended again over fand ridges* 
croffed a rapid brook, ripling over the gravelly bed, 
hurrying the tranfparent waters into a vail and beau- 
tiful lake, through a fine fruitful orange grove, which 
magnificently adorns the banks of the lake to a 
great diflance on each fide of the capes of the creek. 
This is a fine fituation for a capital town. Thefe 
v/aters are tributary to St. Juan’s. 
We alighted to refrefli ourfelves, and adjuil our 
packs. Here are evident figns and traces of a 
powerful fettlement of the ancients. 
Sat off again, and continued travelling over a 
magnificent pine forefl, the ridges low, but their 
bafes extenfive, with proportionable plains. The 
fteady breezes gently and continually rifing and fall- 
ing, fill the high lonefome forefls with an awful re- 
verential harmony, inexpreffibly fublime, and not to- 
be enjoyed any where, but in thefe native wild In- 
dian regions. 
Croffing another large deep creek of St. Juan’s,, 
the country is a vaft level plain, and the foil good 
for the diflance of four or five miles, though light 
and fandy, producing a forefl of flately pines and 
laurels, with fome others $ and a vafl profufion of 
herbage, fuch as rudbeckia, helianthus, filphium* 
polymnia, ruellia* verbena* rhqxea, convolvulus, fo- 
phora* 
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