NORTH AMERICA. 
foymerjy did with the renowned Greeks and Ro« 
mans, "or modern civilized nations, and not from a 
ferocious, capricious defire of fhedding human blood 
as carnivorous lavages : neither does the eager 
avarice of plunder ftimulate them to aCts of mack 
nefs and cruelty, that being a trilling objeCt in their 
eftimation, a duffield blanket, a polifhed rifle gun, 
or embroidered mantle ; no, their martial prowds 
and objects of defire and ambition proceed from 
greater principles and rrrSre magnanimous inten- 
tions, even that of reuniting all nations and languages 
under one univerfal confederacy or commonwealth. 
The vegetable productions in the rich low 
ground, near the banks of this great river, of trees 
and fhrubs, are as follow ; Platanus occidentals, 
Liriodendron tulipifera, Populus heterophylla, Tau- 
rus faffafras, Laurus Barbonia, Laurus benzoin, Be- 
£ula lenta, Salix fluvialis. Magnolia grandiflora. An- 
nona glabra, Ulmus campeftris, Ulmus fuberifera, 
Carpinus, Quercus, various fpecies, Juglans, vari- 
ous fpecies, iEfculus pavia, EEfculus fylvatica, f f 
Virginiana, Morus, Hopea tindtoria, Fagus lylva*- 
tica, of furprifing magnitude and comelinefs, &c. 
The land rifes from the river with fublime magni- 
ficence, gradually retreating by flights or fteps one 
behind and above the other, in beautiful theatrical 
•rder, each ftep or terrace holding up a level plain 5 
and as we travel back from the river, the fteps are 
higher, and t}ie correfponding levels are more and 
more expanfive : the afcents produce grand high 
fbrefts, and the plains prefent to view .a delightful 
varied landfcape, confifting of extenfive graffy fields, 
detached groves of high foreft trees, and clumps of 
lower trees, evergreen fhrubs and herbage ; green 
knolls, with Terpentine, wavy, glittering brooks 
Q c 4 courfing 
