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various other climbers, made a solid barrier that
ocr>   even a weasel might have found difficult so
fix>   even a weasel might have found difficult to
negotiate.

Presently their road skirted the border of the
swamp Jack had felt so certain could not be far
ocr>   away Here new and wonderful sights greeted
fix>   away. Here new and wonderful sights greeted
their eyes and Perk in particular stared with all
his might, taking in the flowers that festooned
many of the trees--palmetto, live oaks, wild
plum, gumbo limbo, and queer looking cypress,
with their cumbersome butts rising several feet
from the ooze in which they grew. Most of the
trees were festooned with long trailing banners
of gray Spanish moss that gave them a most unusual
appearance

Since it was Perk's first hand knowledge concerning
the looks of a genuine Southern swamp,
he felt justified in making frequent halts in order
to gaze and wonder. Particularly was he impressed
with the giant alligator that had been
sunning himself on a half-submerged log and
had slid off with a splash at their approach, also
the multitude of water moccasins to be seen on
stumps and other objects, looking most vicious
with their checkered backs and dusty bellies.

"You want to take particular notice of those
ocr>   dirty looking boys," Jack told him in a low tone??
fix>   dirty looking boys," Jack told him in a low tone,
ocr>   pointing to a bunch of die reptiles as he spoke,
fix>   pointing to a bunch of the reptiles as he spoke,
"for they are water moccasins, cowardly enough,

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