along Tamiami Trail were qui There were great ceria 
of Gickihon (Bumelia pend the fragrance of whos 
flowers somewhat resembles that of the saw- -palmetto and like. 
i d southward to Caxambas among the great 
sand-hills facing Caxambas Pass, just at sundown. C bas, 
h was not our destination, = it Ales aie end of motor- 
car possibilities. We once sec rvices of ] 
br arry us to th stement of ie glade, which 
is twenty-odd miles further down the c We to 
wait until wares for the trip, as a few i urs’ rest was welcome 
as a change from the undue exercise of the day in getting our 
motor-car pane miles of deep s. , too, |. 
enchanting view over the settlement of C s, the Gulf, 
islands, and the mainland. In the settlement bet the 
sand-hills and the er stands a beautiful grove of coconu 
he trees were planted there in 1886 a rm most 
northern hardy coconut palm grove on the western seen coast. 
us at Everglade; the settlement con of a 
general store and a few houses strung out along the pie of 
is rani now lsc Allen vee oe is high ground 
ar the mouth of the riv: ee apidly slop ff int h 
a a ee upst: The sett t dates f 1866 and 
: is said the early eles were fugitives from justice. The 
rst I ndians, ssi the os minole war times, a alee there in 
mporary 
Indian. settlements pean the surrounding cou ae 
We ascended the river to its source. The ae are mostly 
ceeds -lined. As the stream | 
dand forma tunnel. For some unexplained reason, 
along the upper reaches of the river, the red-mangroves get smaller 
