[147] I have been told that in this Explosion near 3,000 Bombs burst, which, had they not been well bedded, would have done much Mischief.
[148] The Inhabitants begin to plant this charming Fruit very much, and ’tis to be hop’d will banish their numerous Peach Trees to their Country Settlements, which are Nurseries of Muskettos and other Vermin. The Season I was there, they had Oranges enough of their own Growth for Home Consumption.
[149] This was written in the beginning of 1743. See London Magazine for 1745, vol. XIV, pp. 395, 396.
Compare notice in “The North-American and the West-Indian Gazetteer.” London, 1778.
[150] Volume XVI, p. 484.
[151] A destructive fire had consumed nearly all the houses which time had spared. See Stevens’ History of Georgia, vol. I, p. 446. New York, 1847.
[152] Collections of the Georgia Historical Society, vol. III, pp. 168, 169. Savannah, 1873.
[153] Travels through North and South Carolina, Georgia, &c., pp. 55-60. London, 1792.
[154] MS. Order-Book of Col. S. Elbert.
[155] Marbury and Crawford’s Digest, p. 151.