The hill upon which I stood was broken into two points; the one was a bold rocky elevation; the other had its rear face also perpendicular, but gradually declined to the north, and at a distance of from four to five miles was lost in an extensive and open plain in that direction.

In the S.E.quarter, two wooded hills were visible, which before had appeared to be nothing more than swells in the general level of the country.

A small hill, similar to the above, bore N.E.by compass; and again, to the west, a more considerable mountain than that I had ascended, and evidently much higher, reflected the last beams of the sun as he sunk behind them.

I looked, however, in vain for water.
I could not trace either the windings of a stream, or the course of a mountain torrent; and, as we had passed a swamp about a mile from the hill, we descended to it for the night, during which we were grievously tormented by the mosquitoes.
RESULTS OF THE EXCURSION.
I had no inducement to proceed further into the interior.

I had been sufficiently disappointed in the termination of this excursion, and the track before me was still less inviting.