Paddling under Palmettos — page 43: what you’re looking at

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38 Paddling Under Palmettos. all Florida, and its Ridgewood avenue under the hanging Spanish moss has become famous. In the night Archie could, for the first time, hear the roaring of the surf, and he realized that they were very close to Old Ocean. When morning came Dick had some changes to make in his boat, so that the cruisers did not leave Daytona until half-past ten. The wind was blowing fresh from the north and clouds covered the sky. Ned took the lead, as he carried the charts. _ The channel from this time on was obscure, islands appearing here and there; and to make a mistake necessitated tracking or paddling back again, if nothing more serious. Naturally, at a time like this three boats cannot always keep side by side. There were occasions when for half an hour the canoes were so close to- gether that the skippers, seated upon their decks with legs crossed and the dandy mast for a back sup- port, could converse without howling. ‘Then, again, | sudden gusts of wind would seem to affect one more than the others, and thus the boats became sepa- Gomicbooks. Go