THE INLAND


LAKES.


filled with remarkably pure, clear water which teems with
fish.
 In the northern counties are many of these lakes, mostly
of large size, with high, rolling shores, and in some respects
closely resembling the famous lakes of central New York
or Wisconsin. In the vicinity of Tallahassee are several,
all beautiful, ,particularly Lake Jackson, a large sheet of
water that is deservedly one of the choice attractions shown
the visitor. Lakes Iamonia, Lafayette, Bradford, and Mic-
cosukie, also in the vicinity of Tallahassee, are all beautiful
and interesting.
 Farther south, in Alachua and Putnam Counties, and
lying southeast of the Florida Transit Railroad, is anoth-
er particularly attractive cluster of lakes. These include
Lakes George, Brooklyn, Waldo, Santa Fe, and Deep Lake,
all of considerable size, with from three hundred to ten
thousand acres area. (Lake Santa F6 is the largest of this
cluster, and probably the prettiest.) On a bold bluff of its
fertile shore the Santa F6 Hotel Nas recently been built, a
fine, roomy structure, in the midst of a large, park-like gar-
den, with a charming lawn sloping down to the water's
edge. It is only a short drive thither from Waldo Station,
on the Transit Railroad. Recently a party of enterprising
local capitalists have excavated a series of short canals, thus
establishing communication between all the lakes in this
chain, and now they have steam transportation from all
points on the lakes to Waldo Station.
 Farther south again is the famous Orange Lake region,
in Alachua and Marion Counties, lying a short distance
south of the Transit Railroad. Orange Lake is the prin-
cipal of these, and is quite a large sheet of water. The
famous orange-groves owned by Dr. Bishop and Mr. Harris
are located on the shores of this lake, which is skirted by
the branch of the Transit Railroad that runs south to
Ocala.