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civilization; and I fully agree with him in this asser- 

 tion. The foothills and mountains are one mass of 

 tangled underbrush, Immense treefalls and sinuous In- 



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tergrown vines, through which the sportsman must 

 pick and creep his way in the slowest and most tedious 

 manner. Here a mammoth butt of fallen pine to sur- 

 mount; there a thicket of intricate and seemingly im- 



