Frolics of the Silver Kings 



Amid the mazes of the Floridian Ever- 

 glades a stream has its source that forms a 

 river when augmented very gradually by ad- 

 ditional waters from adjacent swamps, many 

 of these being of immense size. 



It meanders in tortuous windings and con- 

 tortions along its banks of moss-draped, 

 stunted tree growth, or through lowlands of 

 barren soils and scattered sections of marshes. 



Mantles of luxurious and vividly green 

 lily pads hide the ugliness of its sluggish, 

 vacillating progress. As the sea level is 

 finally approached its pace quickens, espe- 

 cially when the ebbing tidal waters exert 

 their influence. 



A high embankment has been formed by 

 the powerful rushing strength of the Ocean's 

 billows upon an immense stretch of brightly 

 gleaming sands, that serves, save where a 

 breakage occurs when salt and sweet waters 

 unite, as a strong sea wall. 



A mile or two back from the river's mouth 



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