THE RICH FOLIAGE OF THE RIVER.--COLUMBUS.--ROLINS' BLUFF.--OLD TOWN HAMMOCK.--A HUNTER KILLED BY A PANTHER.--DANGEROUS SERPENTS.--CLAY LANDING.--THE MARSHES OF THE COAST.--BRADFORD'S ISLAND.--MY LAST CAMP.--THE VOYAGE ENDED. 334 LIST OF MAPS DRAWN AND ENGRAVED AT THE UNITED STATES COAST SURVEY BUREAU FOR THE "VOYAGE OF THE PAPER CANOE." PAGE 1. GENERAL MAP OF ROUTES FOLLOWED BY THE AUTHOR DURING TWO VOYAGES MADE TO THE GULF OF MEXICO, Opposite 1 * * * * * GUIDE MAPS OF CANOE ROUTE. 2. FROM QUEBEC, CANADA, TO PLATTSBURGH, NEW YORK STATE, 12 3. FROM PLATTSBURGH TO ALBANY, 42 4. FROM ALBANY TO NEW YORK CITY, 71 5. FROM NEW YORK CITY TO CAPE HENLOPEN, DELAWARE, 98 6. FROM CAPE HENLOPEN, DELAWARE, TO NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, 114 7. FROM NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, TO BOGUE INLET, NORTH CAROLINA, 148 8. FROM BOGUE INLET, NORTH CAROLINA, TO BULL'S BAY, SOUTH CAROLINA, 180 9. FROM BULL'S BAY, SOUTH CAROLINA, TO ST. SIMON'S SOUND, GEORGIA, 261 10. FROM ST. SIMON'S SOUND, GEORGIA, TO CEDAR KEYS, FLORIDA, 317 ILLUSTRATIONS. ENGRAVED BY JOHN ANDREW & SON. PAGE HOME OF THE ALLIGATOR. (Frontispiece.) GREAT AUK (_Alca impennis_). Extinct. 11 ANCHORED AT LAST, 56 A FULL-RIGGED NAUTILUS CANOE, 57 THE ROB ROY CANOE, 68 THE ABORIGINAL TYPE, 74 * * * * * Photographed at Disco, Greenland. THE IMPROVED TYPE.--PAPER CANOE MARIA THERESA, 74 A CAPSIZE IN DELAWARE BAY, 108 DELAWARE WHIPPING-POST AND PILLORY, 147 BODY ISLAND LIGHT HOUSE, 179 CROSSING HATTERAS INLET, 190 RECEPTION AT CHARLESTON POST-OFFICE, 259 THE PANTHER'S LEAP, 345 THE VOYAGE ENDED, 351 [Illustration: General Map of Routes followed by the Author during two Voyages made to the Gulf of Mexico. MAP OF ROUTES FOLLOWED BY N. H. BISHOP IN PAPER CANOE "MARIA THERESA" AND DUCK BOAT "CENTENNIAL REPUBLIC" 1874-1876 _Copyright, 1878 by Lee & Shepard_] VOYAGE OF THE PAPER CANOE. * * * * * CHAPTER I.