TOUR


OF THE STATE.


living a camping-out sort of life for a few years. Near
here also is a fine guava-preserving establishment, recently
built by some Massachusetts parties.
 After an extended tour of this region-all much alike
in one respect1 that it presented beautiful scenery and was
deeply interesting-one pleasant morning again found us


at the little
lightered out
John's River
craft, but so
being utilize
fifteen, who


i landing on Salt Lake, and we were
t to another of those curious little uppe
 steamers. This was the We-ki-wa, a
 very small and so odd; every inch of '
d by the bright, active boy, a lad of a


acted as


steward, assistant


engineer,


soon
r St.
snug
;pace
Lbout
pilot,


dish-washer, table-waiter, chambermaid, and general-utility


man.
an Ohi
which
TheD
alligat
where
another
killing
dant a
crawli


T


here were but five or six passengers, among them


o gentleman, who had with hin
he kindly invited the Doctor
octor led off with a splendid


1 a fine sporting rifle,
and myself to try.
shot at a very large


or, pinning it permanently to the marshy bank
it was sunning itself. Later in the day he killed
r. I also had the ;satisfaction, such as it was, ,of
two alligators, big ones. They were very abmn-
ll day ; often ten or more could be seen slowly
ng into the water, where they keep their heads up,


staring at us, then, their curiosity satisfied, suddenly drop-
ping from sight.
 Early the next morning we reached Enterprise, on Lake
Monroe, where we staid some time. Our party improved
the time by going ashore and visiting a famous sulphur-
spring on the estate of Count Frederick de Bary, a wealthy
New-Yorker. A fine residence, large orange-grove, pier,
and packing-house are here, the spacious grounds all hand-
somely fenced and improved in neat style, with every-
thing elegant and complete. The spring is circular in
form, about fifty feet in diameter, and is located in a
pretty nook. The water is green as the greenest paint,


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