_A war with Spain._
_A project for invading Florida._
_Measures concerted for this purpose._
_General Oglethorpe marches against Florida._
_Invests Augustine._
_Raises the siege._
_A great fire at Charlestown._
_A petition in favour of the rice trade._
_Remarks on the treatment of slaves._
_The hardships of their situation._
_Oppressed with ignorance and superstition._
_James Glen governor._
_Lord Carteret's property divided from that of the Crown._
_The country much exposed to invasion._
_The Spaniards invade Georgia._
_A stratagem to get rid of the enemy._
_The Spaniards retreat to Augustine._
_Ill treatment of General Oglethorpe._
_His character cleared, and conduct vindicated._
_The Carolineans petition for three independent companies._
_The colony's advantages from Britain._
_Its advantage and importance to Britain._

CHAP. IX.

_All commotions and oppressions in Europe favourable to America._
_Cultivation attended with salutary effects._
_Mean heat in Carolina._
_The diseases of the country._
_Climate favourable to the culture of indigo._