18 LETTERS FROM FLORIDA.

occur in he early days of any new work, it Aould
now and then be found necessary to live f6oi few
days on good brad and water," what then? We
have tried it quite close enough to understand just
what that means; and we also know how a brave and
cheerful spirit can bring light into the darkest hour,
and a good hearty laugh can give even to such mnonas-


tic fare a piquancy and relish
bles loaded with the choicest
life to which we long to brin
are destitute and suffering,


1 not always found at ta-
viands. But in this new
g those at the North who
there is little fear of any


"bread and water" diet, while the rivers and forests
abound with food, to' be had without money and
without price.
 The number of dishes required by those who de-
manded three or four courses or more for their daily
dinner will not be needed here; and the cooking uten-
sils and furniture which we think so important in our
Northern homes can be easily dispensed with in a
pioneer's first efforts. Many things can be manufac-
tured by one's own self or by some of the family with-
out going to the very extreme of retrenchment, or
losing sight of neatness and respectability. And thus
in every department one soon learns how very little is
actually required to insure a&good she of comfort
and enjoyment.
 I know of those who, losing all at the North but
theii patience, energy, and industry, have managed to
get down to Florida and enter a homestead." Erect-
ing a rough but comfortable shelter, and furnishing it
with what they would once have thought were worth-