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Chap.YI. s'oin the I, os George L to theYear 1734.. inch

“ The twelfth of March, (says Mr.“ Van Recke ) I went to view this Riling" Town Savanna, seated upon the“ Banks of a River of the fame Name." The Town is regularly laid out and" divided into four Wards, in each of" which is left a spacious Square, for

holding of Markets and other Publick" Uses. The Streets are on a Line, and" the Houses all of the fame Model and" Dimensions, and well contrived fortr Conveniency. For the Time it has" been built, it is very populous, and“ it’s Inhabitants all White People, the" Honour able Trvjlees for Georgia hav-" ing prohibited the Importation and" Use of Negroes, within their Colony.

“ The Blessing of Gon seems to" have gone along with this Undertak-£t ing ; For here we fee Industry hon-cC oured, and Ju/tice strictly executed;" Luxury and Idleness are banisited from" this happy Place, where Plenty andtr Brotherly Love seem to have taken" their Aboad, and where the good" Order of a nightly Watch restrains* c the disorderly, and makes the Inhabi-" tants steep secure in the Midst of a" Wilderness.

‘ £ There is laid out, near the Towst," by Oiders of the Trustees, a Garden

for making Experiments, for the Im-" proving Botany and AgricultureIt“ contains ten Acres., lying upon

" the River; and it is cleared; and 3734.‘ c brought into such Order, that there" is already a fine Nursery of Oranges,

" Olives, white Mulberies, Figs; Peach-‘ £ es, and many curious Herbs; Be-" sides which, there are Cabbages, Peas,

“ and other European Pulse and Plants,

" which all thrive. Within the Gar-“ den is an artificial Hill, said, by the" Indians, to be raised over the Bodycc of one of their ancient Emperours,tr (Vho, on that very Spot, had a" Conference with the great Sir Waltercs Raleigh .)

" T h e * e is a Chappel built, which,

“ tho’ of Boards, is very convenient,

(t and is used for Divine Service, ’till a“ Church can be built. To every" House is allotted a good Spot of" Ground, of which the People make" Gardens, where they may have all£f Sorts of Fruits and Herbs; But at pre-

sent there are very few Greens in them,

" because they have been so lately" made. All the Houses and Gardens“ are laid out in a Mathematical Equa-te lity; which will make a fine Shew,

" when they come to Perfection. The‘ r People have Horses, Cows, Fowls, &c.

<s in Plenty ; yet Milk, Eggs and other" Provisions (except Pork) is dear; Be-<s cause tjhey do not care to kill the" Cattle, 1 rob the Calves of the Milk,

" nor take the Eggs, for Fear of lessen-

" ing

“ Orders of the Trustees, upon the Savanna ,“ called Abercorn.

“ Mr. Oglcthorp and Mr. Van Reck being re-“ turned to Savanna , the first of April-, the lat-“ ter put on Board a Sloop, Provisions, Houfhold“ Goods, Tools for Building Houses; and Tilling“ the Ground, and Arms and Ammunition for“ Defence, the Provisions being for three Months 1“ as likewise the Baggage of the Saltzburghers ," with which, and nine of those Emigrants, hewent" to Ebenezer, (for so they likewise call theirTown)“and, the seventh, the Rest of the Saltzburghers“ followed. Their first Work was to make a“ Road, from Abercorn to Ebenezer, which is“ twelve MilesAnd tho’ they were obliged to“ lay seven Bridges, over as many Rivers, and“ to cut down the Thickets and Trees, that were“ in their Way, they had finished it by the nine-“ tcenth.

“ The same Day, a strong white Horse came“ of himself to Mr. Fan Reek’s Tent, and, the“ tWenty-second, they found another intheWoods,“ which with those they had before, the Gift of“ fhis Excellency, being Governour Johnson to the“ Trustees,) they put to Sledges which they had“ made, and, by that Convenience, brought their“ Provisions from A bercorn to Ebenezer. Thecc twentieth, Captain Mackpherson let them know,cc ]i; should soon deliver,at£'&?»i?.s-(?r theOxen which-c Mr: Oglethorp had bought of him, at their Arri-cc val, to supply the Saltzbnrghers with fresh Meat.

cc The tweuty-second, they found some very“ good Honey, in a hollow Tree, Parrots and

c- Partridges are their Delicacies. The Earth is“ of several Sorts, some sandy, some black, fat,cc and heavy, and some of a clayish Nature. Thecc first is good for Potatoes and Peas; The fe-cc cond, for all Sorts of Corn ; And the third,cc to make Bricks, Earthen Ware, &c. TheMea-cc dows and Vallies are good for feeding Cattle,cc as likewise for Rice and Indian Corn. The lu-ce habitants of the Islnnd of Ediftciij having givencc thirty Cows, for the Use of the Colony of Geor-cc gia, Mr. Oglethorp ordered them to be sent upcc to the Saltzburghers.

“ The first of May , Lots were drawn for thecc Houses which were to be built in Ebenezer ,c c thro' which all the Commerce from Savanna , by“ Land to Carolina must pass ; And a Plan was laid“ Building a Chappel. The second, a Sloop“ brought ten Cows and Calves, from the Magi-“ strates of Savanna , pursuant to the Orders left“ them by Mr. Oglethorp. The fifth, Mr. Fan“ Reck received Letters from Mr. Oglethorp , ac-" quainting him, that the Saltzburghers were to“ receive twenty Cows and Calves, ten Sows ,“ with Corn to feed them, and some Fowls and“ Ducks. The ninth, a Sloop brought them ten“ Casks of all Sorts of Seeds. The tenth, the" Indians brought them a Deer. Mr. Fan Reck“ and Mr. Balzus both finishing their Journals“ here, I must likewise conclude my Account;“ Observing only, that these Saltzburghers are a“ laborious, industrious, and religious People,“ likely to make very good Subjects, and thar hi*“ tberto they work and eat In common.