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one after another ead phytogeographic area until we 
entered a very large and dense hammock, where we were sur- 
aie: to the ‘‘Barbee” we weighed anchor and 
went several I 1 in order to investigate the kitchen- 
ee at Sand-fly Pass. The place is evidently well-named, 
d us sunse 
oyster-bar. fter several attempts to find a way through and 
around this bar we decided to defer our departure until high tide. 
hen the tide came in we made our way to the Gulf of Mexico 
ne ssman’s Key, w. 
between Cape Sable and Chokoloskee Pass. We made a land- 
royal-pal t e unsuccessful in our quest. Returning to 
he ‘‘ Barbee” we tried to locate the channel leading into Rodgers 
iver. This river rises in the Everglades and flows through the 
‘en Thousand Islands into the gul the thern end o 
Lossman’s Ke arkness overtook us before we found t 
channel, so we anchored off shore for the night. The following 
morning before sunrise we started in one r small boats 
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Rodgers River. This river is one of the outlets for the waters 
that flow from the Everglades and surround the Ten Thousand 
