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ALONG THE FLORIDA REEF. 



" Yes," replied the doctor, " they make a nest 

 like a column, and sit on it as do other birds. 

 The nests are higli or low, as the case may be, 

 but that they sit astride the nest, as some claim, 

 is a fable." 



As they came upon the beach the doctor, 

 shaking the mangrove leaves from his coat, said, 





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Flamingo and nest. 



with a laugh : " Now, Tom, here is a half-mile of 

 sand to turn over. If you expect to find the 



