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vulus; wild sorrel, pink with deep carollas; large yellow blos- 

 soms with scarlet hearts, and many other varieties. Four- 

 eyed fish were still common and Great Rufous Cuckoos, 77 

 Lesser Kiskadees 103 and Swallow-tailed Kites 58 were build- 

 ing nests. 



FIG. 99. MILES OF LILIES. 



At Pickersgill Police Station we- stopped for lunch. These 

 posts are the sole representatives of law and order in the 

 wilderness, and here the semi-military organization of negro 

 police have their quarters. Most of them are men of unusu- 

 ally large size, and in disposition they are pleasant and 

 obliging. They never failed to do their best to make us com- 

 fortable. The duty of these men is varied. Besides being 

 responsible for the good conduct of the inhabitants of their 



