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and will be for many years, for there is no method of
effectually improving them except at great expense. The
roads in Northern Florida are free of sand, except in a very
few localities, and are as good as any country roads in the
whole country, and in some localities in the southern coun-
ties there are also good stretches of roads; but in the lat-
ter section generally they are sandy to a degree that it is
more easy to resent than to describe. This prevents much
carriage-riding or walking on the roads, and is the princi-
pal cause of the very little visiting among neighbors in the
scattered settlements, where it is quite noticeable that the


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seldom exchange visits, or indulge in calls," as is
y popular custom among their Northern sisters.
in those counties where the roads are sandiest are
the most numerous lakes ; indeed, the whole region is
ork of lakes, and the settlers' homes are generally
ing on or adjacent to a lake. These lake-side dwell-
sure to have a row-boat, and in such cases visits are
frequently interchanged among the accessible neigh-
Saddles, row boats, steamers, and railroads will al-
be the principal methods of travel and intercom-


munication. Carriages for pleasure, or wagons for labor,
will never be so common, or so necessary, as elsewhere.
 In the case of horses, as in that of cows, the Northern-
raised animals, especially the fancy breeds, do not do well
in Florida, particularly if any work is required of them.
The Western horses would probably be found better adapt-
ed to the climate and other conditions, but they have not
yet been introduced in any considerable numbers. The
native horse is a small, bony, pot-bellied animal, very
shabby-looking and destitute of "style," but capable of
more work on a scantier supply of provender than any
other creature with which I am acquainted, except a mule.
The demand for horses in Florida at present much exceeds
the supply, and the prices are consequently disproportion-