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surrounding aes or oa The Deep Lake hammock is 
extensive, cove es. It must — been the rendez- 
vous of wild life. especially birds mmals, while the 
aborigines held the country. Today the nas is a vast aquarium 
abounding in fish pe in ee aa may be seen floating 
at the surface of the water 
The few miles Hee the coast-region makes quite a difference 
snowberry (Chiococca), the gue (Guilandina), and the 
cat’s-claw (Pithecolobium). The arboreous constituents of the 
Deep Lake hammock are the swamp-bay (Tamala), pop-ash 
a eis (Svida), mulberry (Morus), and maple aude 
The flor the prairie and pinelands intervening betw 
the coast- -region and Dee Lake naturally is quite distinct. a 
(Limodorum) wi very plentiful. The greenish-milkwort 
eae is ae discovered on the opposite side of the 
peninsula, filled the low places. The eryngo (Eryngium synchae- 
leafy plant, one to three feet tall, with yellow flowers about 
three- — of an inch in diameter—the largest of our eastern 
yellow-flax 
Midway on Everglade and Deep Lake we encountered 
a large Indian camp. Here we met Josie Billie, the locally 
em 
elly of the white men and “Doctor” Josie Billie of the red 
men met for the first time on the wild frontier between the 
white and the red civilizations. 
hen we returned to Eyes we found the mail en 
waiting to carry us back to Caxambas, which was reached i 
due time. There we aie for our collections and in the morning 
set out for Fort Myer: 
e great dunes oe Cxaibas are worthy of especial eee 
The 
en rank; it 
Sloces ces trees are Dalles but formed into a perfect entanglement 
