100 HUNTING AND FISHING IN FLORIDA. 
The Miami River, which runs from the Everglades into Biscayne 
Bay, is probably the only river in Florida which has a fall or rapid 
worthy of the name. For about a half a mile at the head of this 
stream there is considerable fall. At this point the river is shallow 
and not navigable for boats, and has a very rapid current, in 
which ‘* Cavalia” (Caroux hippus) are numerous and may be taken 
with an artificial trout fly. At the head of the Miami River the 
great Everglade swamp opens out before one like an immense, 
shallow, grassy lake. Throughout the Everglades numerous islands, 
large and small, are scattered about. Some of them are several 
miles in extent and 
very fertile, but, luck- 
ily for the Indians, 
they are very difficult 
of access, which has 
prevented them from 
being occupied by 
white men up to the 
present time. In the 
fall the water in the 
Everglades is high 
enough to allow the 
use of canoes and small 
boats, but in winter and spring it gradually lowers until boat navi- 
gation is difficult, and in many places impossible, and the character 
of the ground is such as to render it useless to attempt any other 
means of locomotion. 
The Indians go from the east coast to the Big Cypress Swamp 
during the summer and fall in their canoes. This can only be 
done when the water is high and under the guidance of a person 
who thoroughly knows the country. 
From New River to Biscayne Bay and the southern end of Florida 
there are several good men, able to guide a hunting party, and who 
know the country well. Among them may be mentioned William 
Freeman, who lives at Little River, about a mile from Lemon City. 
