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brush swamp, which supply several stagnant pools of fresh water; the soil round these swamps is a wet peaty earth, from which arises a strong disagreeable effluvia, that must render this spot extremely unhealthy. On this Swamp there are never any trees, and on the rising grounds inland they are small & thinly scattered. On the North part of the swamp is a brackish lagoon closed by the beach which runs a mile to the Eastward.
Point A to B
The hill at point A (which I ascended) projects like Arthurs Seat in steep cliffs of granite; here are a few spots of tolerable Soil, and a run of fresh Water; from its Summit the swamp above mentioned is seen extending to the Eastward in which direction is a large lagoon inland 3 Miles, beyond this the land rises in ridges and terminates in an even line of moderate height.
From A to B the shore is bound by cliffs of brown granite, which at the latter point changes to Sand Stone in this space are some scanty rills of water descending from swampy Spots between the hills.
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