304 FLORIDA.

who enjoy the novelty of a short sea-voyage, this route offers su-
perior attractions. Returning, a steamer leaves Jacksonville each
Thursday.
 (2.) A steamer of the New York and Savannah Steamship Line
sails tri-weekly at three o'clock P. m., from Pier 48 North River,
direct to Savannah, sixty hours' sea-trip, connecting there with
t;eir Florida steamers (small boats) to Fernandina and Jacksonville,
sailing from Savannah daily at four o'clock P. M., following the chan-
nel between the mainland and islands, popularly known as the "Sea
Island Route," much like a beautiful tropical river-journey, arriving
in Fernandina at nine o'clock A. M. next day.
 (3.) The New York and Charleston Steamship Line. One of
 the first-class steamers of this line sails semi-weekly from Pier 27
 North River for Charleston direct, connecting there with their ele-
 gant Florida line of "channel-route" steamers direct to Jackson-
 ville and Palatka. Excellent steamers and rapid passage.
 (4.) The Old Dominion Steamship Line. One of the large and
 fine steamers of this line sails tri-weekly from Pier 26 North River
 for Portsmouth, Virginia, connecting there with the railways direct
 to Florida, via the newly constructed Waycross Railroad into Jack-
 sonville. This is the quickest of the water-routes to Florida from
 the Northeastern States; but, of course, only about half the journey
 is performed by boat.

 RAILWAY ROUTES FROM NEW YORK AND THE NORTH.
 From New York and the numerous points throughout the East
 and North there are many routes over connecting lines converg-
 ing at Waycross, Georgia. Over all, the fares, time, and excellent
 accommodations of palace-care, sleeping-cars, parlor-cars, dining-
 room cars, and quick connections, are very nearly the same. Each
 offers some special attraction-interesting old towns, historical
 localities, beautiful scenery-that must largely influence the tourist
 in determining a route. By the quickest all-rail route the time
 from New York to Jacksonville is about forty hours. Railroad
 facilities and accommodations from Northern points to Florida
 have greatly changed within the past year, and the vexatious
 delays, uncertain connections, slow trains, inattention, and gen-
 eral discomfort experienced by the traveler during recent seasons
 are happily ended- Within a brief period there have been great