Voyage Of The Paper Canoe, By N. H. Bishop

























































































































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            All round de little farm I wander'd
                    When I was young;
             Den many happy days I squan-der'd -
               Many de - Page 296
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"All Round De Little Farm I Wander'd When I Was Young; Den Many Happy Days I Squan-Der'd - Many De Songs I Sung. When I Was Playing Wid My Brud-Der, Hap-Py Was I. O!

Take me to my kind old mud-der, Dere let me live and die!

"One little hut among de bushes, - One dat I love, - Still sadly to my mem'ry rushes, No matter where I rove. When will I see de bees a-hum-ming All round de comb? When will I hear de ban-jo tum-ming Down in my good old home?"

We all joined in the chorus at the end of each verse:

"All de world am sad and dreary Eb-ry-whar I roam. O, darkies, how my heart grows weary, Far from do old folks at home."

We soon entered forests primeval which were quiet, save for the sound of the axe of the log-thief; for timber-stealing is a profession which reaches its greatest perfection on the Florida state lands and United States naval reserves. Uncle Sam's territory is being constantly plundered to supply the steam saw-mills of private individuals in Florida. Several of the party told interesting stories of the way in which log-thieves managed to steal from the government legally.

"There," said one, "is X, who runs his mill on the largest tract of pine timber Uncle Sam has got. He once bought a few acres' claim adjacent to a fine naval reserve. He was not, of course, able to discover the boundary line which separated his little tract from the rich government reserve, so he kept a large force of men cutting down Uncle Sam's immense pines, and, hauling them to the Suwanee, floated them to his mill.

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