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NATURAL HISTORY O F Eaft and Weft-Florida. ADESCRIBER of countries,
ought in a great meafure, to imitate a building Engineer, in firft
laying before thofe, whom he will employ, accurate and di- ftincT:
plans of his intended work, thereby enabling them to judge more
diftinctly of the execution thereof. I think that in a work of this
nature, i could not do this better that by directing my readers to
the charts Or plans accompanying it, in which they will undoubtedly
find materials to form juft ideas of the places herein defcribed.
To reduce my work to fome regularity, i fhall proceed from the
Eaft, Weftward, and begin with the Peninfula, dividing it into two
parts, which i will call climates, the one beginning at Amelia or
St. Mary's inlet, in latitude 31: and extending Southward to the
latitude of 27: 40: this will include the rivers St. Mary, Naflau,
St, John's or YlaccOi and the Mufketo Lagoon (for furely no one can
call this laft a river) befides feveral final - ler ones, which
will be mentioned in their places v A thefe chapter{Section 4tnefe
all empty themfelves on the Eaftern fide of -the Apalachicola (the
boundary between the two Floridas) the Ofkaulafkna the Apalachian,
St. Juan de Guacaro, vulgarly called little Seguana, the river
Arnaxura, and the Manatee, which laft falls into the bay .of Tampe,
or harbour of Spirito Santo, and which i have firft difcovered. The
other, or Southern climate, beginning at the latitude 27: 40: and
extending Southward to the latitude of 25, on the main, or to 24:
17: including the keys; this contains a large river, 'which empties
itfelf into the new harbour, of which i am the firft explorer, we
have given it the name of Charlotte harbour, but neither harbo...
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