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" boggy," and may be ^crossed anywhere on horseback ; but others 

 are not to be trusted. Any pond may be safely crossed in which 

 the low bush grows which, as Jack Davis describes it, " favors a 

 small pine." South from Hillsboro, a distance of about twelve 

 miles, we cross Cypress Creek, at the head of which is an old 

 Indian Camp owned by Osceola, where the Indians build their 



THORNTON'S CAMP, HILLSBORO RIVER. 



canoes, the cypress trees in that vicinity being particularly large 

 and fine. Cypress Creek is noted for the abundance of turkeys in 

 that vicinity, and alligators are still numerous in its waters, which 

 may be accounted for by the fact that it is not navigable for boats, 

 being shallow and filled with logs. It also has the reputation of 



