Chapter 13 Stones Hill When the decision was arrived at by the Gun Club, to the dis-paragement of Texas, every one in America, where reading is a universal acquirement, set to work to study the geography of Florida. Never before had there been such a sale for works like "Bertram's Travels in Florida," "Roman's Natural History of East and West Florida," "William's Territory of Florida," and "Cleland on the Cultivation of the Sugar-Cane in Florida." It be-came necessary to issue fresh editions of these works. Barbicane had something better to do than to read. He de-sired to see things with