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changed the course to W. 10° N. Three miles from 
the hill, we crossed a small stream of brackish 
water running very strongly towards the sea, and 
then halted for the day upon it, after a short stage. 
The country we had traversed in our route, still 
consisted of the same sandy plains and undulations, 
covered with low shrubs, heathy plants, grass and 
cabbage- trees, with here and there elevations of 
granite, and fresh water swamps: in and around 
which, the soil was black and very rich ; very little 
wood was to be met with anywhere, and nothing 
that deserved the appellation of trees . 
The country, inland, appeared to rise gradually, 
but did not seem to differ in character and features 
from that we were traversing. 
June 17. — A little before daylight it commenced 
raining, and continued showery all day, and though 
we got wet several times, we experienced great com- 
fort from the warm clothing we had obtained from 
Captain Rossiter. Upon ascending the hills, above 
our camp, which confined the waters of the little 
stream we were upon, we could trace its course south- 
west by south, to a small lake lying in the same 
direction, and which it appeared to empty into. A 
second small lake was observable to the north-west 
of the first. T wo and a half miles from our camp, 
we passed a granite elevation, near which, were many 
fresh swamps, permanently, I think, abounding in 
water and having much rich and grassy land around, 
of which the soil was a deep black, and but little 
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