. Hunting and fishing in Florida : including a key to the water birds known to occur in the State . ;reat day 94 HUNTING AND FISHING IN FLORIDA. boggy, and may be crossed anywhere on horseback; but othersare not to be trusted. Any pond may be safely crossed in whichthe low bush grows which, as Jack Davis describes it, favors asmall pine. South from Hillsboro, a distance of about twelvemiles, we cross Cypress Creek, at the head of which is an oldIndian Camp owned by Osceola, where the Indians build their. TIIORXTOX S CAMP, HILLSBCIRO RIVER. canoes, the cypress trees in that vicinity being parti
. Hunting and fishing in Florida : including a key to the water birds known to occur in the State . ;reat day 94 HUNTING AND FISHING IN FLORIDA. boggy, and may be crossed anywhere on horseback; but othersare not to be trusted. Any pond may be safely crossed in whichthe low bush grows which, as Jack Davis describes it, favors asmall pine. South from Hillsboro, a distance of about twelvemiles, we cross Cypress Creek, at the head of which is an oldIndian Camp owned by Osceola, where the Indians build their. TIIORXTOX S CAMP, HILLSBCIRO RIVER. canoes, the cypress trees in that vicinity being particularly largeand line. Cypress Creek is noted for the abundance of turkeys inthat vicinity, and alligators are still numerous in its waters, whichmay be accounted for by the fact that it is not navigable for boats,being shallow and filled with logs. It also has the reputation of HUNTING GROUNDS OF FLORIDA. 95 being a particularly good location for large rattlesnakes. At timespanthers are common here, I have seen the tracks of three panthersmade the same night near Cypress Creek bridge; two of the ani-mals crossed the bridge and followed the sandy road for somedistance. From C3^press Creek to Middle River is about four miles. Middle
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