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giifline, which effectually cut off their 'communica- 
tion between that garrifon and St. Mark’s ; this an- 
cient highway is grown up in many places with trees 
and fhrubs ; but yet has iefc fo deep a track on the 
furface of the earth, that it may be traced for ages 
yet to come. 
Leaving the highway on our left hand, we afcended 
a fandy ridge, thinly planted by nature with {lately 
pines and oaks, of the latter genus particularly q e 
finuata, f. fiammula, q. nigra, q. rubra. Faffed by 
an Indian village fi mated on this high airy fand 
ridge, confiding of four or five habitations > none, 
of the people were at home, they were out at their 
hunting camps ; we obferved plenty of corn in their 
cribs. Following a hunting path eight or nine miles* 
through a vafl pine forefl and grafly favanna, well 
timbered, the ground covered with a charming car- 
pet of various flowering plants, came to a large 
creek of excellent water, and here we found the en- 
campment of the Indians, the inhabitants of the little 
town we had paffed ; we faw their women and chil- 
dren, the men being out hunting. The women pre- 
fen ted themfelves to our view as wc came up, at the 
door of their tents, veiled in their mantle, moddlly 
fhowing their faces, when we faluted them. Towards 
the evening we fell into the old trading path, and 
before night came to camp at the Halfway Pond. 
Next morning, after colleCling together the horles^ 
fome of which had ftrolled away at a great diflance, 
we purfued our journey, and in the evening arrived 
at the trading hpufe on St. Juan’s, from a fuccefsfui 
and pleafant tour. 
On my return to the (lore on St. Juan’s the trad- 
ing fchooner was there ■; but as £he was not to re- 
turn 
