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164 Paddling Under Palmettos. of game, his mind wandering back to scenes far dif- ferent from the quagmires with which he was sur- rounded. The boys took a trip up the little river and found a wilderness. It was the best glimpse Archie had had of lovely Florida. Pushing ahead of the others under paddle alone, he passed under overhanging trees and surprised dozens of aquatic birds. Herons and cranes, blue and white, stalked along in the shallow water near the shore in search of the fish they fed upon, it be- ing apparently the one issue of life with them to eat. | They took wing as Archie appeared upon the scene, their long legs sticking out behind like a fish- ing pole. Other birds were seen, some of which were of beautiful plumage. Alligators were plentiful, for down here they were out of the reach of the general tourist, who only went in certain lines of travel. Archie surprised many a sleeping fellow lying on- a log by giving him a prod with his paddle, and laughed to witness the unseemly haste with which (EO MICELOCOL<S (E(0)