NORTH AMERICA. 
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We foon entered a level, graffy plain, inter- 
fpe fed with low, fpreading, three-leaved Pine-trees, 
large patches of low flirubs, confiding of Prinos 
gi ber, 1 -V Myrica, Kalmia glauca, Aniromedas of 
ieveial fpeciesj. and many other fhrubs, with patches 
of Palmetto, We continued travelling through 
this favanna or bay-gale, near two miles, when the 
land afcends a little ; we then entered a hommock 
or dark grove, confiding cf various kinds of trees, 
as the Magnolia grandiflora, Corypha palma, Citrus 
Auranuuv', Quercus fempervrtns, Morus rubra, 
Ulmus fylyatiea, Tilia, Juglans cinerea, iElculus pa- 
via, Liquidarrbar, Laurus Borbcnia, Hopea tin Glo- 
ria, lercis, Cornus Florida, Halefia diptera, Ha- 
lefia tetraptera, Olea A^mericana, Callicarpa, An- 
dromeda aroorea, Syderoxylon fericium, Sid. tenax, 
Vitis labrufca, Hedera arborea, Hedera quinquefo- 
lia, Phamnus volubiiis, Primus Caroliniana (pr. flor. 
raceme fis, foliis fcmpervirentibus, iato-lanceoiatis, 
acuminatis, ferratis) Fagus fylvatica, Zanthoxylon 
dava Herculis, Acer rubrum, Acer negundo, Frax- 
inus excelfior, with many others already mention- 
ed. The land kill gently rifing, the foil fertile, 
loofe, loamy, and of a dark brown colour. This 
jcontinues near a mile ; when at once opens to view 
the molt fudden tranfiticn from darknefs to light, 
that can pofiibly be exhibited in a natural Iand- 
icape. 
The extenfive Alachua favanna is a level green 
plain, above fifteen miles over, fifty miles in cir- 
cumference, and fcarcely a tree or bufh of any kind 
to be feen on it. It is encircled with high, Hoping 
hills, covered with waving forefcs and fragrant 
Orange groves, rifing from an exuberantly fertile foil. 
The towering magnolia grandiflora and tranfcen- 
dent 
