rding to the difference of
situation, that one part or other of it seems fitted to every sort of
plant that is requisite either for the benefit or pleasure of mankind.
And were it not for the high mountains to the northwest, which are
supposed to retain vast magazines of snow, and by that means cause the
wind from that quarter to descend a little too cold upon them, 'tis
believed that many of those delicious summer fruits, growing in the
hotter climates, might be kept there green all the winter without the
charge of housing, or any other care, than what is due to the natural
plants of the country, when transplanted into a garden. But as that
would be no considerable charge, any man that is curious might, with all
the ease imaginable, preserve as many of them as would gratify a
moderate luxury; and the summer affords genial heat enough to ripen them
to perfection.

There are three different kinds of land, according to the difference of
situation, either in the lower parts of the country, the middle, or that
on the heads of the rivers.

1. The land towards the mouth of the rivers is generally of a low,
moist, and fat mould, such as the heavier sort of grain delight
in: as rice, hemp, Indian corn, &c. This also is varied here and
there with veins of a cold, hungry, sandy soil, of the same
moisture, and very often lying under water. But this also has its
advantages; for on such land generally grow the huckleberries,
cranberries, chinkapins, &c. These low lands are, for the most
part, well stored with oaks, poplars, pines, cedars, cypress and
sweet gums; the trunks of which are often thirty, forty, fifty,
some sixty or seventy feet high, without a branch or limb. They
likewise produce great variety of evergreens, unknown to me by
name, besides the beauteous holly, sweet myrtle, cedar, and the
live oak, which for three quarters of the year is continually
dropping its acorns, and at the same time budding and bearing
others in their stead.

2. The land higher up the rivers, throughout the whole country, is
generally a level ground, with shallow valleys, full of streams
and pleasant springs of clear water, having interspersed here and
there among the large levels some small hills and extensive vales.
The mould in some places is black, fat, and thick laid; in others
looser, lighter and thin. The foundation of the mould is also
various; sometimes clay, then gravel and rocky stones, a