Through storyland to sunset seas : what four people saw on a journey through the Southwest to the Pacific coast . 15 by long lines of freight cars. Now we catch a glimpse of the elevators, off for thethe river with its double fringe of shipping, and the dark masses of the citybeyond. The picture is but for a moment and the train rattles throughGretna, and in a little time is in a path cut through the great cypress for-ests. Here the foliage and runs riot. The trees are draped inthe long, silvery Spanish moss; vines twine like interminable serpents and The Germanswing from limb to l
Through storyland to sunset seas : what four people saw on a journey through the Southwest to the Pacific coast . 15 by long lines of freight cars. Now we catch a glimpse of the elevators, off for thethe river with its double fringe of shipping, and the dark masses of the citybeyond. The picture is but for a moment and the train rattles throughGretna, and in a little time is in a path cut through the great cypress for-ests. Here the foliage and runs riot. The trees are draped inthe long, silvery Spanish moss; vines twine like interminable serpents and The Germanswing from limb to limb; the ground is carpeted with a thousand and again it opens into meadowy vistas where the succulent grassesseem to invite to fat pasturage. Presently the train is crossing a bridge,and to the right and left the windings of a deep waterway sinuously leadinto the distance. There are overhanging trees and boats moored to theshore, and a darkey is pensively fishing. The Bayou des Allemands, remarked the Growler. I once met amost interesting character when I was exploring on this stream some years. IN A CANE FIliLD. ago — old Felix Roux, an Acadian hunter and fisherman, a man who haslived his life close to Nature and as much away from the haunts of men aspossible. He knows every voice of the forest and every denizen of thewater, and is himself known throughout all this region. He has never hada photograph taken, and if you could get a shot at him with your camera itwould be worth a hundred such things as you will snap it on. ?A very interesting region this, too, chimed in the Colonel; we will premonitionssoon be in the land of the .Acadians, and when we are I shall tell you of I know. Oh, I want to know all about them, said the Girl Ive re-read 16 THROUGH STORYLAND TO SUNSET SEAS. He callsEvangelinea chestnut. The exploitsof an earlyNapoleon offinance. Evangeline specially in preparation for this part of the trip, and I want tolearn all about those d
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