NATURAL DIVISIONS.


great Everglades region


includes


Much


of the


mainland of this part of the State.
region, but is a flat, prairie country
nois, only this is covered with clear, p
sands of square miles, from three to
and studded with islands that have
palmetto, cy ress, pine, bay, cedar,
magnolia, and all such timbers. The
by-the-way, are the homes of the re
powerful Seminole Indians. A contra
made, and ratified by the State, for t
vast region, which, if successfully perf
for settlement millions of acres of t]
valuable sugar and cotton lands in ti


It is not a swampy
very much like Illi-
ure water for thou-
thirty inches deep,
a dense growth of
oak, hickory, gum,


se island fastnesses,
mnant of the once
rct has recently been
;he drainage of this
formed, will open up
he richest and most
e world.


 The regions along the coasts generally, contain the best
soil for the production of vegetables and fruits. It -is
also in these localities that the sand-fly, gnat, mosquito,
and such pestiferous insects are most abundant. But even
here there are months when they are not trqgblesome : it
is during the midsummer nquthh *text they Ste .worst,
and it is the fact that rip t' it those localities thr ae
places perfectly free fri i sj the insects that infest other
places. The coasts especially on ~,1e..Atlantic, .ate very
rocky, and the sB3eTr y is in gen a fcee~e!gropical
and interesting~''The woods, ffdlds, air, lakes, bays, and
rivers are filled 'wth fur, fin, and feather, flesh and fowl,
oysters, turtles, and fruits. The metropolis of all this
region is Key West, itself on an island just off the south-
ern extremity of the peninsula; and other prominent
places are Indian River, Lake Worth, Key Biscayne Bay,
Florida Bay, Cape Sable, Whitewater Bay, Oyster Bay,
Charlotte Harbor, and Tampa Bay.
 This is the region to go to for purely tropical products
and for the benefits of a summer climate in winter; but
as a place for a continued residence the entire year, it will