Chapter One 

 MOTHS OF THE LIMBERLOST 



TO ME 

 is a word 

 conjure ; 

 to revel. The 

 northeastern In- 

 hundred miles 

 Michigan line 

 the Ohio. In its 

 a large area, 

 there were miles 

 forest, lakes pro 

 for navigation. 



the Limberlost 

 with which to 

 a spot wherein 

 swamp lies in 

 diana, nearly one 

 south of the 

 and ten west of 

 day it covered 

 When I arrived, 

 of unbroken 

 vided with boats 

 streams of run- 



ning water, the roads around the edges corduroy, made by 

 felling and sinking large trees in the muck. Then the 

 Winter Swamp had all the lacy exquisite beauty of such 

 locations when snow and frost draped, while from May 

 until October it was practically tropical jungle. From 

 it I have sent to scientists flowers and vines not then 

 classified and illustrated in our botanies. 



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