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Marshes proving Subsidence of Land. Alligator seen. Their Nests 

 and Habits. Their Fear of Porpoises. Indian Shell Mound on St. 

 Simon s Island. Date-palm, Orange, Lemon, and Olive Trees. Hur 

 ricanes. Visit to outermost Barrier Island. Sea Shells on Beach. 

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CHAPTER XIX. 



Rivers made turbid by the Clearing of Forests. Land rising in successive 

 Terraces. Origin of these. Bones of extinct Quadrupeds in Lower 

 Terrace. Associated Marine Shells. Digging of Brunswick Canal. 

 Extinction of Megatherium and its Contempories. Dying out of rare 

 Species Gordonia Pubescens. Life of Southern Planters. Negroes 

 on a Rice Plantation. Black Children. Separate Negro Houses.-^ 

 Work exacted. Hospital for Negroes. Food and Dress. Black/ 

 Driver. Prevention of Crimes. African Tom. Progress of Negroes j 

 in Civilization. Conversions to Christianity. Episcopalian, Baptist, 

 and Methodist Missionaries. Amalgamation and Mixture of Races . 256 



