CHAPTER X

 RANDOM SKETCHES.


An Ocean Voyage in


Winter.


ONE of the pleasantest incidents of a visit to Florida, if


the journey be
is the sea-voyal
and the Eastern
to go to the tro
lory Steamship
route to Florida
or transfer. Th
ida trip direct f
Port Royal an
twelve hundred


made by w
ge thither.
section of
pics by sea
Line (Pier
from the
Ie steamshi
rom New 1
d Fernand
and ten t(


water, as it should be, if possible,
 To the resident of New York
 the North the opportunity thus
 is afforded weekly by the Mal-
 20, East River), the only ocean-
North which involves no change


ps o
Yorl
Lina,
)ns,


f this line that make the Flor-
to Jacksonville, stopping at
are the Western Texas, of
Captain Hines, and the City


of San Antonio, fifteen hundred and forty-seven tons, Cap-
tain Risk; and it is sufficient to say of them that they are
first-class sea-going passenger-steamers, built of iron on the
most approved models, provided with all known appliances
for safety and comfort, and fitted up with elegance and
taste. -
 f'fmaking the journey by this sea-route the contrast
between the two regions and climates is much more marked
and noticeable than in going by land. Leaving New York
in the midst of winter, the tourist sees pass by him in glis-
tening panorama the snow-clad hills and shores of Long
Island and Staten Island, feels the chilling blasts, and gladly
seeks the warm and cozy cabin to escape the discomfort