This Breeds An Honourable Emulation Amongst Them,
To Outdo One Another, Even In Fatigues, And Dangers; Whereby They Gain
A Good Correspondence With The Indians, And Acquaint Themselves
With Their Speech And Customs; And So Make Considerable Discoveries
In A Short Time.
Witness, their Journals from Canada, to the Missisipi,
and its several Branches, where they have effected great Matters,
in a few Years.
Having spent most of my Time, during my eight Years Abode in Carolina,
in travelling; I not only survey'd the Sea-Coast and those Parts
which are already inhabited by the Christians, but likewise view'd a spatious
Tract of Land, lying betwixt the Inhabitants and the Ledges of Mountains,
from whence our noblest Rivers have their Rise, running towards the Ocean,
where they water as pleasant a Country as any in Europe;
the Discovery of which being never yet made publick, I have,
in the following Sheets, given you a faithful Account thereof,
wherein I have laid down every thing with Impartiality, and Truth,
which is indeed, the Duty of every Author, and preferable to a smooth Stile,
accompany'd with Falsities and Hyperboles.
Great Part of this pleasant and healthful Country is inhabited
by none but Savages, who covet a Christian Neighbourhood,
for the Advantage of Trade, and enjoy all the Comforts of Life
free from Care and Want.
But not to amuse my Readers any longer with the Encomium of Carolina,
I refer 'em to my Journal, and other more particular Description
of that Country and its Inhabitants, which they will find
after the Natural History thereof, in which I have been very exact,
and for Method's sake, rang'd each Species under its distinct and proper Head.
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