Paddling under Palmettos — page 277: what you’re looking at

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268 Paddling Under Palmettos. CHAPTER XXII. OKEECHOBEE, THE LONELY LAKE. “T have learned that there is positively no current to this arm or passage,” said Ned that evening. “What does that imply ?” | “That it is merely a lagoon, and not a passage running from the Everglades over to Lake Okee- chobee.”’ “How do you know this?” “Very easily. I understand that through this ar- tery the water is always flowing one way or another. If Okeechobee is higher than the Everglades, in the dry season it flows into the latter, while during the wet months the current is reversed.” “T understand. And at no time, then, is this pas- sage stationary?” “No. I find there is not the slightest current here, or if so it is imperceptible.” “Then it seems positive that we are on the wrong tack. What is the use of going further?” “1 see none.” “We passed an opening a mile back that led Gomichbooks.co