THROUGH THE COASTAL WH^DERNESS. 



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vulus; wild sorrel, pink with deep carollas; large yellow blos- 

 soms with searlet hearts, and many other varieties. Four- 

 eyed fish were still common and Great Rufous Cuclcoos," 

 Lesser Kiskadces ^"' and Swallow-tailed Kites ^^ were build- 



mg nests. 



Fig. 99. Miles of Lilies. 



At Pickcrsgill Police Station we stopped for lunch. These 

 posts are the sole representatives of law and order in the 

 wilderness, and here the semi-military organization of negro 

 police have their quarters. Most of them are men of unusu- 

 ally large size, and in disposition they are pleasant and 

 obliging. They never failed to do their best to make us com- 

 fortable. The duty of these men is varied. Besides being 

 responsible for the good conduct of the inhabitants of their 



