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size. In some of the "greenings " or white cedar swamps 

 the soil is a soft mud, and the trees gain a support or 

 hold chiefly from the general network of roots. In the 

 Dismal Swamp and the great Okefinokee a large portion 



FIG. 15. Used to Water (Cypress about Lake Norris, Florida) 



of the land is constantly under water, and these swamps 

 have more the appearance of grassy lakes. 



Stretches of these swamps are entirely bare of trees 

 and take on the regular ]ake character, while other por- 

 tions appear like overflowed marsh lands, dotted with 

 so-called " houses," or small clusters of gnarly cypress 

 festooned with long streamers of Spanish moss, which 

 help to emphasize their weird, fantastic appearance. 



