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 Fish of various kinds, oysters and sponges are important products. Cedar for pencil wood was formerly cut in considerable quaiitities at and near Cedar Keys, but the supply is nearly exhausted now. The cabbage palmetto is or has been Utilized for fiber at Cedar Keys. A considerable part of the population makes a living by catering to sportsmen and tourists, particularly at Pass-aGrille and other resorts in Pinellas County. There is very little agriculture, but a few cattle are raised on some of the islands, and there is said to be even a dairy on Long Key.

 2. THE GULF HAMMOCK REGION
 (Figs. 5-7, soil analyses 1-5.)

 This extends along the Gulf coast from Wakulla County to the southern edge of Pasco, with another area, entirely disconnected from the rest but hardly distinguishable from it in any way, farther inland along the Withlacoochee River, mostly in Sumter County. Vithin our limits the coastal and interioi- portions are approximately equal in extent, together covering about 1520 square miles. There is nothing very similar farther south, or in any other state


















 Fig. 5. Scene on railroad (Seaboard Air Line), through the Gulf Hammock about 4 miles southwest of Ellzey, Levy County; showing out-cropping limestone, and telegraph poles braced because they are not planted very deep in the rock. April '16, 1910.


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