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the door. The building is two {lories high, and 
condrufted in a different manner. It is divided tranf- 
verfely, as the other, but the end next the dwelling 
houfe is open on three fides, fupported by polls of 
pillars. It has an open loft or platform, the afcent to 
which is by a portable flair or ladders this is a 
pleafant, cool, airy fituation, and here the mafler 
or chief of the family retires to repofe in the hot 
feafons, and receives his guefls or vifitors. The 
other half of this building is clofed on all Tides by 
notched logs ; the lowefl or giound part is a pota- 
toe houfe, and the upper (lory over it a granary for 
corn and other provifions. Their houfes are con- 
drafted of a kind of frame. In the firfl place, drong 
corner pillars are fixed in the ground, with others 
fbmewhat lefs, ranging on a line between ; thefe 
are drengthened by crofs pieces of timber, and the 
whole with the roof is covered clofe with the bark 
of the Cyprefs tree. The dwelling dands near the 
middle of a fquare yard, encompaffed by a low 
bank, formed with the earth taken out of the yard* 
which is always carefully fwept. Their towns are 
clean, the inhabitants being particular in laying their 
filth at a proper didance from their dwellings, 
which undoubtedly contributes to the healthinefs of 
their habitations. 
The town dands on the mod pleafant fituation 
that could be well imagined or defired, in an inland 
country ; upon a high fwelling ridge of fand hills, 
■within three or four hundred yards of a large and 
beautiful lake, the circular fhore of which conti- 
nually wadies a fandy beach, under a moderately 
high floping bank, terminated on one fide by ex- 
ten five foreds, confiding of Orange groyes, over- 
topped with grand Magnolias, Palms, Poplar, Ti~ 
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