every leaf. Several weeks after the storm all of the trees, as if 

 recovering from the shock, started simultaneously to put forth 

 not only new leaves, but also flowers. 



Our investigations on the keys were confined to the northern 

 ones, and we have learned that on account of their floras, as well 

 as their position, Virginia Key and Key Biscayne, which lie op- 

 posite Miami and Cocoanut Grove, are to be associated with the 

 mainland, which ends as a narrow peninsula just north of them, 

 and not with the rest of the keys ; from which, moreover, they 

 are separated by an interval of almost ten miles, leaving out of 

 consideration the insignificant Soldier's Key, which is a mere iso- 

 lated sand-bar about five miles south of Cape Florida. Their 

 vegetation consists of a dense growth of mangrove on the side 

 facing the bay, the usual tropical beach flora along the ocean and 

 a few of the sand-dune plants which are common for many miles 



Our work on the mainland was considerably impeded by the 

 effects of the hurricane, the high water in the everglades, which 

 in some sections partially submerged the islands and filled all of 

 the prairies, and the fallen trees throughout the pinelands greatly 

 delayed our. progress. We experienced the most difficulty in 

 making progress to the southwest of the settlement of Cutler, 

 where time was consumed in mending both harness and wagon. 

 Naturally, accidents happened in the more unfavorable places. 

 At one point in the everglades, when the doubletree and one 

 singletree of the wagon and three traces and several minor straps 

 of the harness all broke simultaneously, the driver, before he re- 

 covered from the shock, had the charity to suggest that he ride 

 the horses to the nearest point of dry land and that the rest of us 

 pull the wagon out. Contrary to the exhilarating effect which 



most of us, it seemed to have a uniformly depressing effect on 

 our drivers. This was most plainly shown by the fact that we 

 had a new driver on each successive excursion. The monotony 

 of wading the submerged prairies, which are usually dry at that 

 season, was varied by both the depth of the soft mud and the 

 number of the treacherous pot-holes in the rock bottom under 



