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ALONG THE FLORIDA REEF. 



" Why, I declare, boys," exclaimed the doc- 

 tor, some time after, looking at his watch, " it is 

 after eleven o'clock. We must return to camp 

 — such as it is." 



The cars were manned and the rowers bent 

 to them, passing silently through a golden river 

 of their own making. 



After reaching the shore the light-givers 

 were laid aside for alcohol baths on the morrow, 

 and soon after the tired party sought their 

 primitive beds. 



Parrut-tish ( Hair >>>), 



