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astonished bees could sally forth. It is remarkable that anything was
left in the shape of a boat."
At sundown a halt was called, and those thirty tired volunteers could
look back upon a day well spent. Long lines of palmettoes were left
standing on either side of the cleared causeway, and a new road had
been opened for Ormond. Today, this old causeway has again
become "Lost", and few people know of its existence. The east side of
the Lost Causeway has been destroyed by developers and the west
end near Buckhead Bluff has been turned into fire breaks. There is
still about a quarter of a mile, or less, of the causeway remaining in
the wild marsh west of Thompsons' Creek. The two rows of tall
palmettos are still visible there, standing like tired indomitable
sentinels along the sides of the raised causeway. It is surfaced
with sand and shell remnants and traces of what appear to be small,
black cinders that some of our older citizens believe were brought
from the Ormond Hotel in the early days when coal was burned for
campfires.

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