WITH FLASH-LIGHT AND RIFLE 



step, through the entangHng masses. The burning 

 sun causes the water to evaporate, and the air near 

 the surface becomes humid ah-nost beyond endurance. 

 Crowds of dwarf cormorants have alighted on the clus- 

 ters of locust bushes on the small islands of the lakes, 



VULTURE AND RAVEN 



spreading out their wings to dry in tlie sunshine. 

 Neither these nor other enemies of the finny tribes have 

 succeeded in decimating their nunil^cr. wShad abounds 

 in these waters. You may, within half an hour, catch 

 so many, some of them five and more pounds in weight, 

 that it will take four men to bring them to the camp. 

 Were it not for the mosquitoes and small gnats which 

 creep into your ears, eyes, and nose, you might spend 

 days in wading about and studying the wonders of 

 swamp life. 



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