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comprising many fine or
most part by Northern pe4
try traversed is level or b
stretching pine-woods, an
lando the character of ti
becomes more rolling and
the lakes are surrounded I
"bluffs," and the scenery
Here is the high table lan


water-shed-f
streams flowii
plateau.
 Two miles
ford) is Inte
growing with
become the h
dents, many


or
ng


:ORIDA.


ange-groves, and settled for the
ople. Up to this point the coun-
ut slightly undulating, with far-
d a light, sandy soil. Near Or-
he country changes, the surface
hilly, the soil is darker and.richer,
,y what in this section are called
is more picturesque and pleasing.
d of Central Florida, the natural


an examination of the map will show the
east, west, north, and south from this high


this side of Orlando (twenty miles from
rlaken, formerly Wilcox, a place which
great rapidity, and which seems destine
lome of an unusually estimable class of
of them of the cultivated and thrifty


England type. Among
ex-Governor Pilsbury,
Sinclair, of New Hamps
himself with ardor into
now has, besides a grow
factory, a saw-mill, anm
home (" Waverley Hall


most famous characters of


the settlers here are such men as


Maine, and the Hon. John G.
re, the latter of whom has thrown
e development of the place, and
g orange-grove, a cassava starch-
a cotton-gin. Here, also, is the
of Major M. R. Marks, one of the
this region, and in fact one of


the best-known men in the entire State-for every one who
does not know him personally knows some of the innumer-
able anecdotes about him. Originally from Georgia, he
has lived in Florida for nearly twenty years, has contributed
greatly to the development of Orange County, is considered
perfect authority on land-values, and is always loaded with
"a big bargain." Nearly all the real-estate transactions of
the entire region are consummated through him, or through
Mr. Sinclair, who also does an extensive business as a land-
agent. Some of the prettiest lakes in the State surround


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