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chiefly a teftaceous concretion of broken, entire 
and pulverifed fea-fhells, fand, &c. constituting 
a coarfe kind of lime-ftone. The ebullition is 
copious, active and continual over the ragged 
apertures in the rocks, which lie feven or eight 
feet below, fwelling the furface confiderably im- 
mediately above it. The waters defcend iwiftly 
from the fountain, forming at once a large brook, 
fix or eight yards oyer, and five or fix feet deep. 
There are multitudes of fifh in the fountain, of 
various tribes, chiefly the feveral fpecies of 
bream, trout, cat- fifh, and garr : it was amufing 
to behold the fifh continually afcending and de- 
fending through the rocky apertures. Obferved 
that we eroded no ftream or brook of water within 
twelve or fifteen miles of this fountain, but had 
in view vaft favannas, iwamps and Cane mea- 
dows, at no great diftance from our road, on 
our right hand, which we may prefume were the 
refources or refervoirs which contributed to the 
fupplits of this delightful grotto. Here were 
growing on the afeents from the fountain, Mag- 
nolia grandiflora, Laurus Borbonia, Quercus 
femperyirens, Callicarpa ; at a litttle diftance, a 
grove of the Caftine ; and in an old field, juft 
by, are to be feen fome fmall Indian mounts. We 
travelled feveral miles over ridges of low iwell- 
ing hills, whofe furfaces were covered with par- 
ticoloured pebbles, ftj*eaked and clouded with 
red, white, brown and yellow; they were moftly 
broken or Jftuvered to pieces, I believe by the 
ancients in forming arrow-heads, darts, knives, 
&e. for I obferved frequently fome of thefe mis- 
fhapen implements amongft them, fome broken 
and others fpoiled in the making. Thefe ftones 
feemed to be a fpecies of jafper or agate. 
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