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           OnanearerapproachBarbicanefoundhimselfinviewofalow,flatcountryofsomewhatbarrenaspect.Aftercoastingalongaseriesofcreeksaboundinginlobstersandoysters,theTampicoenteredthebayofEspirituSanto,whereshefinallyanchoredinasmallnaturalharbor,formedbytheembouchureoftheRiverHillisborough,atsevenP.M.,onthe22dofOctober.

           Ourfourpassengersdisembarkedatonce."Gentlemen,"saidBarbicane,"wehavenotimetolose;tomorrowwemustobtainhorses,andproceedtoreconnoiterthecountry."

           BarbicanehadscarcelysethisfootonshorewhenthreethousandoftheinhabitantsofTampaTowncameforthtomeethim,anhonorduetothepresidentwhohadsignalizedtheircountrybyhischoice.

           Declining,however,everykindofovation,BarbicaneensconcedhimselfinaroomoftheFranklinHotel.

           OnthemorrowsomeofthesmallhorsesoftheSpanishbreed,fullofvigorandoffire,stoodsnortingunderhiswindows;butinsteadoffoursteeds,herewerefifty,togetherwiththeirriders.Barbicanedescendedwithhisthreefellow-travelers;andmuchastonishedweretheyalltofindthemselvesinthemidstofsuchacavalcade.Heremarkedthateveryhorsemancarriedacarbineslungacrosshisshouldersandpistolsinhisholsters.

           Onexpressinghissurpriseatthesepreparations,hewasspeedilyenlightenedbyayoungFloridan,whoquietlysaid:

           "Sir,thereareSeminolesthere."

           "WhatdoyoumeanbySeminoles?"

           "Savageswhoscourtheprairies.Wethoughtitbest,therefore,toescortyouonyourroad."

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