APPENDIX.


gave to the whole an undulating motion.


Death-like


stillness reigned around, and a more fairy-like scene I


never before beheld.


So great is the quantity of water


here poured forth, that it forms a river of itself large


enough to float flatboats laden with cotton.


The plant-


er who lives here has


thus


transported his cotton to


St. Mark's.
remains of


Near the fountain we saw some of the
a mastodon which had been taken from it.


The triangular bone below the knee measured six inches


on each side.
kulla, means


The Indian name of


" The Mystery.


the fountain,


Wa-


" It is said that the Span-


ish discoverers sprang into it with almost frantic joy,
supposing they had discovered the long-sought Foun-


tain of Youth,


which should rejuvenate them.- Cor-


respondence of the New York Evening Post.


PRODUCTS


OF WESTERN


FLORIDA.


EDITORS


WESTERN


RURAL


We


promised


something of the productions of Florida.


Let us be-


gin by saying that oranges are not a product of West-


ern Florida.


All that region lying north of the Gulf


Mexico


produces


very


little


fruit


kind.


Peaches, plums, and
care and cultivation.


near the


bay.


Scuppernong grapes


grow with


The peach does not thrive very
There are no wild fruits except


blackberries, and these are


generally found in unap-


proachable


places.


Grass is a universal product, and