Leather-Clad Tales of Adventure and Romance, No. 38 — page 16: what you’re looking at

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12 IN THE SUNK LANDS, squirrels, ‘possums, coons, wild cats, cat- amounts, turkeys, ducks, geese, swans, brants an’ wild hogs. You kin have some fun a-trappin’ the mink, otter, muskrat an’ weasels. ‘Sides that, there’s moughty good fishin’ in the bayous.”’ ‘« Just the place for us,” I cried, enthusi- ~ astically, as Mr. Jimmerson paused. ‘‘And mud and mosquitoes,’ observed Bob. “Yes, plenty o’ that in the spring an’ summer; but this late in the fall the eround’s purty firm, an’ the first good cold snap sends the skeeters higher’n Gilroy’s kite,” replied Mr. Jimmerson. ‘“‘ What caused these sunk lands ? ” asked Bob. Mr. Jimmerson first went out and secured his hat. Then, assuming an easy position | with his feet against the stove, he began: ‘As near as I know, hit was caused by evolutions o’ natur’. Along between the years 0’ 1811 an’ °13 we had a lot o’ earth- quakes down our way—by which I mean the southeastern part o’ Misery an’ the northeastern part o’ Arkansaw—an’ what was good land sunk down, an’ what was Eomicbooks