. Hunting and fishing in Florida, including a key to the water birds known to occur in the state . are scattered about. Some of them are several miles in extent andvery fertile, but, luck-ily for the Indians,they are very difficultof access, which hasprevented them frombeing occupied bywhite men up to thepresent time. In thefall the water in theEverglades i s highenough to allow theuse of canoes and smallboats, but in winter and spring it gradually lowers until boat navi-gation is difficult, and in many places impossible, and the characterof the ground is such as to render it useless to attemp
. Hunting and fishing in Florida, including a key to the water birds known to occur in the state . are scattered about. Some of them are several miles in extent andvery fertile, but, luck-ily for the Indians,they are very difficultof access, which hasprevented them frombeing occupied bywhite men up to thepresent time. In thefall the water in theEverglades i s highenough to allow theuse of canoes and smallboats, but in winter and spring it gradually lowers until boat navi-gation is difficult, and in many places impossible, and the characterof the ground is such as to render it useless to attempt any othermeans of locomotion. The Indians go from the east coast to the Big Cypress Swampduring the summer and fall in their canoes. This can only bedone when the water is high and under the guidance of a personwho thoroughly knows the country. From New River to Biscayne Bay and the southern end of Floridathere are several good men, able to guide a hunting party, and whoknow the country well. Among them may be mentioned WilliamFreeman, who lives at Little River, about a mile from Lemon HUNTING GROUNDS OF FLORIDA. lOI For the country between New River and St. Lucie River, and, infact, including the Biscayne Bay country, there is no better guide thanJohn Davis, who has lived almost his entire life in the woods, and is
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