olo\ser. hills’ in a boundlel's fucceffion. The ridges of thefe lulls
bS T T “ ' procluce little befides fern i hut the fides are moft luxuriantly
y 9 clothed with wood, and verdure of various kinds, with little
plantations intermixed. In the woods, we found trees of
above twenty different forts, and carried fpecimens of each
on board; but there was no body among us to whom they
were not altogether unknown. The tree which *we cut for
firing was fomewhat like our maple, and yielded a whitilh
gum. We found another fort o f it of a depp yellow, which
we thought might be ufeful in dying. We found alfo one
cabbage tree, which we cut down for the cabbages. The
country abounds with plants, and the woods with birds, in
an endlefs variety, exquifitely beautiful, and of which none
of us had the leaft knowlege. The foil both of the hills and
valleys is light and fandy, and very fit for the production of
all kinds of roots; though we faw none except fweet potatoes
and yams.
C H A P .
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