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biioba, radicalia, ciliata, conduplicanda, fenfibilia, 
infebta incarcerantia. Syft. vegetab. p .335). 
This wonderful plant feems to be diftinguifhed 
in the creation, by the Author of nature, with facul- 
ties eminently fuperior to every other vegetable pro- 
duction fpecimens of it were firft communicated 
to the curious of the old world by John Bartram, 
the American Botanift and traveller, who contri- 
buted as much, if not more, than any other man 
towards enriching the North American botanical 
nomenclature, as well as its natural hiftory. 
After traverfing thefe ample favannas, 1 gradu- 
ally afcended fand hills to open Pine for efts ; at 
evening got to Old town near Brunfwick, vdiere I 
lodged. Brunfwick is a fea-port town on the Cla- 
rendon, or Cape Fear river, about thirty miles 
above the capes $ it is about thirty years fince this 
was the feat of government, when Arthur Dobbs, 
Eiq. was governor and commander in chief of the 
province of North Carolina. Continued up the 
Weft fide of North Weft of Cape Fear river, and 
refted two or three days at the feat of F. Lucas, 
Efq. a few miles above Livingfton’s creek, a con- 
fiderable branch of the North Weft. This creek 
heads in vaft fwamps, in the vicinity of the beau- 
tiful lake Wakamaw, which is the fource of a fine 
river of that name, and runs a South courfe feventy 
or eighty miles, delivering its waters into Winy aw 
bay at George- town. The Wakamaw lake is twen- 
ty-fix miles in circuit ; the lands on its Eaftern 
fhores are fertile, and the fituation delightful, 
gradually afcending from pleafing eminences j 
bounded on the North- Weft coaft by vaft rich 
fwamps, fit for the production of Rice : the lake 
# See fame account of it in the IntroUu&ion. 
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