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tonvallaria and fiery Azalea, flaming on the af- 
tending hills or wavy furface of the gliding brooks® 
The epithet fiery, I annex to this moft celebrated 
fpecies of Azalea, as being exprefiive of the appear- 
ance of its flowers, which are in general of the co- 
lour of the fineft red lead, orange and bright gold, 
as well as yellow and cream colour ; thefe various 
fplendid colours are not only in feparate plants, but 
frequently all the varieties and fhades are feen in 
feparate branches on the fame plant ; and the cluf- 
ters of the bloflbms cover the fhrubs in fuch incre- 
dible profusion on the hill fides, that fuddenly open- 
ing to view from dark fhades, we are alarmed with 
the apprehenfion of the hill being fet on fire. This 
is certainly the moil: gay and brilliant flowering 
fhrub yet known : it grows in little copfes or 
clumps, in open forefts as well as dark groves, with 
other fhrubs, and about the bafes of hills, efpecially 
where brooks and rivulets wind about them : the 
bufhes feldom rife above fix or feven feet in height, 
and generally but three, four and five, but branch 
and fpread their tops greatly ; the young leaves are 
but very fmall whilft the fhrubs are in bloom, from 
which circumftance the plant exhibits a greater 
fhow of fplendour. 
Towards evening I croffed Broad river at a good 
ford, juft above its confluence with the Savanna, 
and arrived at Fort James, which is a four fquare 
ftockade, with faliant baflions at each angle, mount- 
ed with a block-houfe, where are fome fwivel guns, 
one ftory higher than the curtains, which are pier- 
ced with loop-holes, breaft high, and defended by 
fmall arms. The fortification enclofes about an 
acre of ground, where is the governor’s or comman- 
dant’s houfe, a good building, which is flanked on 
each fide by buildings for the officers and barracks 
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