went first into an under growth of Palmetto. Often the birds first mentioned I saw as hawks, but I saw here and there small dark plumaged birds, larks and other looked to me like buzzards. Also Kingfishers. All in all it was a very interesting trip. The land everywhere appears to be a rubble-like irregular bedded limestone with dots filled with lime mold. If true or a soil it is my tree, and is thickest on the plain land. Some of these were being farmed. More than 99% of the Everglades, is an uninhabited wilderness. The home of the Seminole Indians. The peculiar natural plant peculiarity of Fort Diggins are the many introduced Royal Palms of Cuba. They were started here by T.O. Edison. They grow much here apparently because of the lime soil. Also croonuts or well, 83 kinds of palms live hereabouts.