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Upon fight of me he flood, and feemed alittle furprl- 
fed, as I was very much ; but inflantly recolledting 
himfeifand afluming a countenance of benignity and 
oheerfulnefs, he came brifkly to me and fhook hands 
heartily, and fmilingly inquired from whence I 
came, and whither going ; but ipeaking only in the 
Cherokee tongue, our converfation was not conti- 
nued to a great length. I prefented him with fome 
choice Tobacco, which was accepted with courtefy 
and evident pleafure, and to my inquiries concern- 
ing the roads and diflance to the Overfull towns, he 
anfwered me with perfect cheerfulnefs and good 
temper. We then again fhook hands, and parted in 
friendfhip; he defcended the hills, Tinging as he went. 
Of vegetable produdtions obferved in this region, 
were the following, viz. Acer Ariatum, Ac. rubrum, 
Juglans nigra, Jug. alba. Jug. Hiccory, Magnolia 
acuminata, Quercus alba, tindtoria, rubra, 
Q^prinus, with the other varieties common in Vir- 
ginia : Panax ginfeng, Angelica lucida, Convallaria 
majalis, Halefia, Stewartia, Styrax, Staphylea, Evo- 
nimus. Viburnum, Cornus Florida, Betula nigra. 
Moms, Tilia, Ulmus, Fraxinus, Hopea tindtoria, 
Annona, Bignonia fempervirens, Ariftolochia frute- 
fcens, Bignonia radicans, &c. Being now refrefh- 
ed by a Ample but healthy meal, I began again to 
afcend the Jore mountains, which I at length ac~ 
complifhed, and refled on the moft elevated peak 1 
from whence I beheld with rapture and aftonifh- 
ment a fublimely awful fcene of power and mag- 
nificence, a world of mountains piled upon moun- 
tains. Having contemplated this amazing profpedt 
of grandeur, I defcended the pinnacles, and again 
felling into the trading path, continued gently de- 
fending through a graffy plain 5 fcatteringly planted 
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