Paddling under Palmettos — page 34: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

Paddling Under Palmettos. 29 fee, sugar, flour, cornmeal, oatmeal, hominy, etc. ; the canned goods, such as corn, succotash, dried beef, Boston baked beans, roast beef, corned beef, etc., lying in the bow, as far as possible, to serve as ballast. A little rack on one side under the deck held a double-barreled shotgun in a waterproof case. On the other side a similar rack held a heavy fish- ing rod. Then there were a few small culinary articles for use with the famme force alcohol lamps, the large frying pan, coffee pot, and kettle being divided among the three canoes, these to be used only when camping ashore—something that might occur only once in a while when they got far down in the Indian River country. Next came a small tin box of fishing tackle, some cigar boxes of shells for the gun, a lantern, camp hatchet, or ax, hunting knife, and, of course, other things that were needed. Two of the boys had shotguns, while Dick carried a Winchester repeating rifle, of which he was very fond. Gomicboo “S (E(0)