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covered a stream on our right hand twenty feet in 

 width and ten in depth. This we followed for half a 

 mile, when we came in sight of Salt Lake, an interest 

 ing and picturesque sheet of water one mile long and 

 half a mile wide. At the entrance of the lake, snipe, 

 duck, coot, and curlews were visible in countless numbers, 

 and large red-fish, sheepshead, and trout fled before the 

 boat in hundreds. This sheet of water is worth visit 

 ing, especially if the day is warm and the sportsman fond 

 of gator shooting. Lake Butler, a noted place for 

 aquatic birds, is half a mile from the southern shore of 

 Salt Lake. Deer hunting in this neighborhood is fair, 

 and the region would be found worthy of a visit. 



Finding nothing of special importance to detain us, 

 we descended the river and started for the Wiccawat- 

 chee river, thirty-five miles to the northward. En route 

 we sighted the mouth of the Pithlachestacootie river, 

 but from information obtained we deem it unworthy of 

 a visit. In steering a course for Bayport, at the mouth 

 of the Wiccawatchee, we kept the main land from two 

 to three miles to starboard, finding from four to five 

 feet of water. In running along this section of the 

 coast, it is essential that the tourist should keep a good 

 lookout for &quot; nigger heads.&quot; Bayport is easily recog 

 nized by a large storehouse and a pile of cedar logs. 

 We reached the dock at three P., M., and went in search 

 of soda crackers, and at the store laid in an addition to 

 our stock. The storekeeper assured us that &quot;his 

 oranges were the best on the coast.&quot; Upon his recom 

 mendation we purchased a supply, and regret to say we 

 found them very inferior. The present population 

 numbers about twenty. Before the war large quantities 

 of cedar timber were shipped from this point, but of late 



