February, 1918 
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and a half of fertile ridge offered safety 
from the saw grass water-wastes. More¬ 
over, Mr. King’s personal satisfaction at 
being actually on the property—or, at least, 
in the liquid midst of it—gave him a sun¬ 
nier outlook on things in general. The 
magnolia ridge would prove well stocked 
with game. The waters were alive with 
fish, and every tree was a roost for edible 
fowl. Robinson Crusoe could have asked 
no more. Their limited stock of supplies 
need not be drawn upon. 
It was a systematic camp this time. 
“Camp Magnolia” it was termed, with a 
scrawled sign on a strip of canvas to 
christen it and more than the ordinary 
physical comforts to give it semblance of 
habitation. 
The boat was portaged up the bank, and 
made one side of a cleared, hollow square. 
Catlow fixed the supplies “store fashion” 
on the rear seat and within easy reach of 
the “£hef.” Against the bays and magno¬ 
lias on the other four corners of their 
square, a thatch of twigs, branches and 
leaves was fastened, some five feet from 
the ground. It provided an excellent shel¬ 
ter, anfi gave an atmosphere of home-like 
snugness that all three quite frankly wel¬ 
comed. Small animals would experience 
difficulty in scaling this wall without mak¬ 
ing a deal of fuss at it, and with the camp¬ 
fire reflected upon its uneven face, it was 
more picturesque than ever. 
Mr. King, true to his professional in¬ 
stincts, drove four pegs in the moss, and 
by placing one of the boat seats across 
them, made a fairly respectable draughting 
table. The largest of the galvanized iron 
containers formed the chair. In an hour 
he had set himself up an official rookery 
that, if less conventional than the simple, 
civilized office in Captain Jaudon’s shop, 
at Miami, was much more inspirational. 
His blue prints and other maps were 
thumb-tacked in place; his camera hung 
from a nail, his pens and colored chalks 
and pencils in their case, and all the scien¬ 
tific paraphernalia of the true scientist, 
ready to do his bidding. For two days, 
while the boys were exploring, Mr. King 
used this impromptu office as his headquar¬ 
ters. It was at once a joy and a real in¬ 
centive to labor. 
Never was sleep so sweet as during their 
first ten hours on Magnolia Ridge. They 
made up for what they had missed since 
starting, and it was sun-up before a single 
Miami Seminole stirred within his blanket. 
Armed with machetes, the boys started 
down the Kidge. Their rifles were slung 
! over their shoulders and the spirit of Ad¬ 
venture ran high. They had been commis¬ 
sioned to bring back enough game for 
1 three square meals. 
Mr. King, in the boat, now free of its 
heavier supplies, set to the task of locat¬ 
ing survey stakes and planning new boun¬ 
daries. It was necessary for him to make 
numerous small topographical maps, each 
upon a page of his sketching pad, and to 
link these together on the large paper in 
the “office.” 
The job made necessary a winding course 
amongst the ridges, islands and hummocks, 
stopping every so often to measure and to 
sketch. On the outer rim of the property 
there were the marshy timber lands, cov¬ 
ered at their base with scrub undergrowth 
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