CHAPTER XIII.

INDUSTRY OF THE COLONISTS.

Pink Orchids on the Trees--Vegetables Raised and Fruit Trees Set Out--The Various Employments--Working on the Survey Corps--Chief Kelly's Facetious Formula--An Official Kicker--B. F.Seibert--Improvements at the Port--Fish, Alligators, and Flamingo--J. L. Ratekin--First Banquet in La Gloria--Departure of Maginniss Party--First Death in the Colony--Only One Death in Six Months--Lowell's Corduroy Road and Kelly's Permanent Highway 166