200 travels Through north America : 
for the window of the apartment was insuf¬ 
ficient in itself to admit either light or fresh 
air. Here I would fain have got something to 
ea^ if possible^ but not even so much as a piece 
of bread was to be had ; indeed; in this part 
of the country they seldom think of keeping 
bread ready made; but just prepare sufficient 
for the meal about half an hour before it is 
wanted; and then serve it hot. Unable there¬ 
fore to procure any food; and fatigued with a 
long journey during a parching day; I threw 
myself down on one of the beds in my clothes; 
and enjoyed a profound repose; notwithstand¬ 
ing the repeated onsets of the bugs and other 
vermin with which I was molested. 
Besides the tavern and the quarters of the 
slaves; there is but one more building at this 
place. This is a large farm house; where peo¬ 
ple that resort to the springs are accommodated 
with lodgings; about as good as those at the 
tavern. These habitations stand in the centre 
of a cleared spot of land of about fifty acres, 
surrounded entirely with wood. The springs 
are just on the margin of the wood, at the 
bottom of a slope, which begins at the houses, 
and are covered with a few boards, merely to 
keep the leaves from falling in. The waters 
are chalybeate, and are drank chiefly by per- 
sfam from the low country, whose constitu- 
