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Page 21
The bluffs on St. Illas , are , some part of them , sandy pine barren ; the remainder
is a compact , stiff , yellowish sand or clay , with large swamps ; the growth is the
loblolly bay , gum and small evergreens . The whole of these swamps is bogs .
The bluffs on St. Illas , are , some part of them , sandy pine barren ; the remainder
is a compact , stiff , yellowish sand or clay , with large swamps ; the growth is the
loblolly bay , gum and small evergreens . The whole of these swamps is bogs .
Page 22
On the ridges and in the swamps there were a great many bear , deer , and tigers
. He lived on the ridge west of the St. John's , and was ... the beasts of prey ,
which destroyed his cattle and horses . He could walk round the swamp in five
days .
On the ridges and in the swamps there were a great many bear , deer , and tigers
. He lived on the ridge west of the St. John's , and was ... the beasts of prey ,
which destroyed his cattle and horses . He could walk round the swamp in five
days .
Page 23
The Alabama is margined with cane swamps , and these , in places , with flats of
good land or poor pine flats . ... The people who cultivate this swamp , never
attempt to fence it , as the annual freshes , always in the spring , rise from three to
ten ...
The Alabama is margined with cane swamps , and these , in places , with flats of
good land or poor pine flats . ... The people who cultivate this swamp , never
attempt to fence it , as the annual freshes , always in the spring , rise from three to
ten ...
Page 26
The range is equally fine for hogs , but they are raised with difficulty , as the
ponds and swamps abound with alligators . ... Twelve miles up the creek from its
mouth it forks ; the large fork of the left side has some rich flat swamp , large white
oak ...
The range is equally fine for hogs , but they are raised with difficulty , as the
ponds and swamps abound with alligators . ... Twelve miles up the creek from its
mouth it forks ; the large fork of the left side has some rich flat swamp , large white
oak ...
Page 34
There are two paths , one through the fields on the river bank , and the other back
of the swamp . In the scason for melons , the Indians of this town and Fooscehat -
che show in a particular manner their hospitality to all travellers , by calling to ...
There are two paths , one through the fields on the river bank , and the other back
of the swamp . In the scason for melons , the Indians of this town and Fooscehat -
che show in a particular manner their hospitality to all travellers , by calling to ...
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