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This town is situated on the estuary of the Pease River. It was 
settled long ago. Its re antiquity is evidenced by the 
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blackberries on trailing vines. 
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turkey-vulture which was nearly everywhere in large flocks. 
No turkey-buzzards, which are more common in most parts of 
the State, were ae 
After a night at Arcadia we continued up the Pease River. 
There the turkey-oak Oiea. Catesbaei) appeared on ie hills, 
while the pines still forested the flat lands. In some places 
south of Zolfo Springs, the Serer (D endropogon) draped 
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vegetation was that of the hammocks in which the new and 
copious foliage was twined with several kinds of shrubs and trees 
in flower. 
A few miles west of Avon Park there is an abrupt change in 
