THE ST. JOHN'S RIVER

are unusually excel-
lent and nutritious if
ripened without in-
jury by frost.
 Nearly all tour-
ists in Florida "do
the St. John's" up


to Sanford, dut com-
paratively few take
a trip on that por-
tion of the river be-
low Jacksonville; yet
those who do not,
miss a view .which
equals in picturesque
strangeness any river
scenery in America.
Here the river is a
broad estuary, with
no perceptible cur-
rent, stretching spa-
ciously between low-
lying shores, which
close it in on either
hand with serried
ranks of evergreen


forest-trees. No town
or hamlet breaks in
upon the primitive
simplicity and wild-
ness of the scene,
and the few houses
that are here and


there


seen appear to


be lapped


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