NORTH AMERICA* 459 
Being under a neceffity of making two or 
three days day here, in order to refit myfelf, for 
by this time my flock of cloaths was entirely 
worn out, I took this opportunity of vifiting my 
friend do£tor Wells, at his plantations near the 
city. And now being again new clothed, and fur^ 
niflied with a tolerable Indian poney, I took leave 
of my hod and prepared to depart for Savanna. 
Soon after I left Augufta, proceeding for Sa- 
vanna, the capital, a gentleman overtook me on 
die road who was a native of Ireland, and had 
lately arrived in this part of America with a view 
of fettling a plantation in Georgia, particularly for 
the culture of thofe very ufeful fruits and vege- 
tables that are cultivated up the Mediterranean, 
and which fo largely contribute towards Support- 
ing that lucrative branch of commerce, the Le- 
vant trade ; viz. Vitis vinifera, for wine, Yitis 
Corinthiaca, for Currants, Yitis Allobrogica, for 
Raifins, Olives, Figs, Moras, for feeding filk- 
worms, Amygdalus communis, Pidachia, Cappa- 
ris. Citrus aurantium. Citrus limon, Citrus ver- 
rucofa, the great fweet fcented Citron, &c. He 
■was very ingenious, defirous of information, and 
as liberal and free of communicating his own ac- 
quisitions and difcoveries in ufeful fcience, and 
confequently a very agreeable companion. On 
our journey down we flopped a while to red and 
refrefh ourfclves at the Great Springs, near the 
road, on our left hand, about midway between 
A'uguda and Savanna. This amazing fountain 
of tranfparent cool water, breaks fuddenly out of 
the earth, at the bans of a moderately elevated 
hill or bank, forming at once a bafon near twenty 
yards over, afcendmg through a horizontal bed 
of fod rocks, of a heterogeneous composition, 
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