Paddling under Palmettos — page 228: what you’re looking at

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Paddling Under Palmettos. 221 Their intended journey took them down toward the inlet, and they were thus enabled to get an ob- servation. The sea still ran too high for the launching of the canoes, though could they have passed through the surf it would have been easy enough outside. All of them concluded that they had better stick to their plan. Perhaps ten miles could be made in that way, and this was a good point. So they pad- dled along. Ned had the map given him by a friend, and he acted as courier in the advance. Their progress was so slow that it was noon ere they reached the point where the stream came near- est the ocean. Archie made a discovery that was apt to prove of value. At one place there was just about ten or fifteen yards between the water and an inlet of the ocean, filled at high tide. This was their opportunity. They began to pack their dunnage and _ oats over, and this task, done without any hurry, used up the balance of the afternoon. All were glad they had stuck to this plan. Gomichboo cS (E(@)