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 is wonderful, it is utterly confusing ; and it very frequently
 results in causing the new-comer to enter into a bad bar-
 gain, to waste much money and labor, and ultimately to
 give up in disgust, sacrificing his property for a song, and
 going away, bitter against Florida.
 But the truth is, the fault was largely with himself. He
 should not depend solely upon advice, but should use his
 own judgment; and to form a sound judgment he should
 spend a small amount of extra money; and; travel about to
 different localities, carefully observing and studying for
 himself. Haat purchases are veryatt hre tted
 in Florida as well as elsewhere; and it is always money
 well spent that is spent in looking about for the right
 locality, the right soil, the right class of products, the
 right opportunity for transportation, and the requisite
 advantages as to health, markets, neighbors, schools, and
 the like.
 /e experiment of a man, especially with a family,
r transferring all his interests and hopes from a temperate to
 a semi-tropical region, is necessarily a trying one. The cli-
 mate, soils, products, seasons of labor and rest, ofi planting
 and harvests,'are totally different. Indeed, nothing is the
 same; even the new-comer and his family change in diet,
 hours of rest and labor, even in the constituents of their/
 blood. Yet the change is one that involves no insuperable
 difficulties, provided due care be exercised in the matter of
 diet, exercise, labor, and habits of life. The abundance of
 certain fruits that are regarded as luxuries elsewhere is
 very apt to betray new-comers into over-indulgence in the
 matter of food, and this, of course, should be guarded
 against. The water-supply, too, should be carefully scruti-
 nized, and any.indications of impurity should cause its use
 to be discontinued. Moreover, until he becomes thoroughly
 acclimated, the new-comer should avoid as much as possible
 long-continued exposure to the summer sun, or to the air of