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212 Paddling Under Palmettos.. CHAPTER XVII. GIANT FIREFLIES IN THE PINE WOODS. Archie felt his mouth water, for, if there was one thing he was fond of above another, that was honey. “Don’t I wish we knew where he got it!” “T mean to find out,” said Ned, quietly. “You dor” “Yes. If not that particular honey tree, one that will answer just as well.” “Count me in.” “Good. Get your high boots on. We may have to do some wading.” Archie and Ned soon set out, the former carrying his gun and a pail, the latter an ax. Presently Ned stopped to make an observation. Then he placed a little dish containing some sugar- water on the ground near where a honeybee was working in a modest flower that peeped up through the leaves. The bee was soon at work. When he had loaded himself down he suddenly took wings and flew away. EComicbooks (E(0)