THE


ST. JOHN'S


RIVER.


now quite an attractive little village and several of the old-


est, best, and most prn
 Directly opposite,
terprise, the county-se
on a plateau that rises
distance from the lake
tile. The town conti
ings, a spacious wint
large saw-mill. It is


oductive orange-groves in the State.
on the north shore of the lake, is En-
'at of Volusia County. It is located
to a considerable height back some
 .The soil is excellent and very fer-
ains a court-house and county build-
er hotel, three or four stores, and a
a neat, pleasant-appearing place and a


famous resort for tourists in the winter season.


vicinity, or suburbs, are several
homes of Northern families.
dwellings, their lawns, gardens,
the famous estate of De Bary
York City), quite worth a visit
packing-house, piers, and such
A spring of sulphur-water gu
center of a large field on the
estate. The spring is about f
deep, and the waters remarkal
pregnated with sulphur. A lar


of the kind in the So


uth as a


Fine residences, th
luch taste is shown


 In the
e winter
in these


and surroundings. Here is
(the wine-importer of New
to see the extensive groves,
improvements established.


Lshes from the earth in the
lake-shore on the De Bary
ifty feet in diameter, very
bly green and strongly im-
ge hotel, to eclipse anything
winter resort, is being con-


structed there, for which the locality is peculiarly adapted.
In this vicinity are a number of the largest and oldest
bearing orange-groves in the State.*
 The question of distances on the St. John's River from Jacksonville
to Sanford is very puzzling to the tourist, and even to old residents, owing
to the differences in the tables of distances given in the innumerable little
advertising hand-books, so-called guide-books, railway-charts, etc., varying
from one hundred and forty-four to two hundred and thirteen miles, in-
cluding many intermediate quantities. Some quote per United States
survey," which is erroneous, as there has been no United States survey, ex-
cept a mere visit known officially as a preliminary reconnaissance." The
figures as given in this article were obtained from Captain William Shaw,
an officer who has navigated the St. John's twelve years as captain of sev-
eral steamers, and who at present commands the steamer Fred De Bary, the