Petals Plucked from Sunny Climes.


distant.


The result of this


ever, most imp
mysterious posi
which enables t
may yet scour
submission ceri
attempt to surp
to their most
should now be
is the belief of
the most arduo'
in this Territorl
at least, great
mules being le
carried their r
ments of the ti
otherwise-mar


knee-deep fro
given to this


b

a


m
m


)rtan
ition
us to
that
tain,
rise


t, in p
of the
entert
country
even if
them.


scout has been,


pointing out the hi
Prophet and his
ain hopes that our
ry, so as to render
They should fail i


The,


v have been


t


favorite and secret fastnesses,
soon harassed into submission
all, including some who have
us service in Florida, that no m
y has been attended with equa
er, severity than this. All p
,ft behind, officers as well as


itions
troops
ching
morn
arvel


on t
were
in m


heir backs. The
amphibious rath4
ud and water moi


ling till night.


Dus


een exaggerated, so far
wamps is concerned. It
region more admirable


-region of


as
is
Ce


ment than such a mass of (
seemingly impenetrable swa
waters have a perceptible ci
heads of streams rather than
the pioneer would never be
and mud-encircled region, an
sumed that, so far as a know


the
lifficu
alcula
lense
mps.


arch
I, or,
pack-
mefi
love-
than


ne
er


re than


 The character
country has not
condition of its
.t to conceive of
:ed for conceal-
hummocks and


Some


these


irrent, thus being the
swamps. The ax of
attracted to this wet
d it may be fairly pre-
edge of its topography


is concerned, war has done more to expose it to our
gaze than civilization would have accomplished in a
century."


how-
therto
party,
forces
their
n any
railed


hu mo k a----nd-v ----


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