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TRAVELS IN 
they form the Reft of fine foft dry grafs. When they 
cover their eggs to hatch them, they ftand over them, 
bearing their bodies and wings over the eggs. 
We again came op to a long projecting point of 
the high forefts, beyond which opened to view an 
extenfive grafty cove of the favanna, feveral miles in 
circuit. We crofted ftraight over from this promon- 
tory to the oppofire coaft, and on the way were con- 
ftrained to wade a mile or more through the water, 
though at a little diftance from us it appeared as a 
delightful meadow, the grafs growing through the 
water, the middle of which, however, when we 
came up, proved to be a large fpace of clear water, 
almoft deep enough to fwim our horfes ; it being a 
large branch of the main creek which drains the 1a -r 
vanna After getting through this morafs, we arrived 
on a delightful, level, green meadow, as ufual, 
which continued about a mile, when we reached 
the firm land ; and then gradually afcending, we 
alighted on a hard fandy beach, which exhibited evi- 
dent figns of being wafiied by the waves of the favan- 
na, when in the winter feafon it is all under water, 
and then prcfcnts the appearance of a large lake. 
The coaft here is much lower than the oppofite fide, 
which we had left behind us, and rifes from the 
meadows with a gradual Hoping aicent, covered 
fcatteringly with low fpreading Live Oaks, Ihort 
Palms, Zanthoxylon, Laurus Borbonia, Caftine, Si- 
deroxylcn, Quercus nigra, ftnuata, and others $ 
all leaning from the bleak winds that opprefs them. 
About one hundred yards back from this beach, the 
fand hills gradually rife, and the open pine fo- 
refts appear. We coafted a mile or two along the 
beach, then doubled a promontory of high forefts, 
and fopn after came to a fwift running brook of 
