{"1": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3447", "width": "2099", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "IlIBRARY OF CONGRESS.^\\nt 1 t\\nI ^^^f Blfe.^ I\\n1 UNITED STATES OP AMERICA.\\n.._i", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "ilif\\nSAVAJNNi\\nFERN\\n-4^^", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "SAVANNAH\\nSTEAMSHIP ROUTE\\nAND CONNECTIONS.\\ni^i2*K^ft\u00c2\u00abn|d by f\\\\it A Rbm\u00c2\u00bbI1, y.TqA", "height": "2806", "width": "2153", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "Frontispiece.\\nWINTER HOME PN THE ST. JOHN S,", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "O\\nJ\\nI\\n|l Ol(lf)\\nSy PmSI 1^^.\\n15^1\\nNEW YORK\\nTHE AMERICAN NEWS COMPANY,\\nNASSAU STEIEET, NEW YORK.\\n1875.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the yeax 1873, by\\nEDWAED O. JENKINS, |^_ 7\\nIn the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Waehington, D. C.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "CONTENTS\\nPAaB.\\nFlorida\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Its Discovery.\\n7\\nDe Ayllon Narvaez Nunez De Vaca.\\n11\\nDe Narvaez\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1528.\\n13\\nHernando De Soto.\\n20\\nDon Tristan De Luna 1559.\\n41\\nThe Huguenot Settlements\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1562\\n43\\nDe Gourges.\\n52\\nFlorida Its Geography and Climate, etc.\\n60\\nClimatOo\\n63\\nHow to Eeaeh Florida.\\n65\\nCharieston\\n69\\nObjects of Interest.\\n73\\nSavannah.\\n78\\nFernandina.\\n85\\nSt. John s Eiver.\\n86\\nJacksonville.\\n87\\nSt. John s Eiver.\\n90\\nMandarin.\\n91\\nHibernia.\\n93\\nMagnolia.\\n92\\nGreen Cove Springs\\n93\\nPicolata.\\n93\\nTocoi.\\n94\\nOrange MiUs.\\n94\\nPalatka. o\\n94\\nEnterprise.\\n97\\nMellonville.\\n99\\nSanford.\\n100\\nSt. Augustine.\\n103\\nOcklawaha Eiver,\\n116", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nFLORIDA ITS DISCOVERY.\\nHad Christopher Columbus, on leaving the\\nIsland of San Salvador, proceeded Westward,\\nhe would have ultimately discovered the\\ncoast of Florida for the Gulf Stream, then an\\nunknown power, would have swept him to\\nthe Northward the difference of Latitude re-\\nquired for the purpose. But, influenced by\\nthe description of the natives, of a land of\\nwealth bearing to the southward, he directed\\nhis prow thither, and brought up on the coast\\nCuba. Thus was reserved to one of Colum-\\nbus companions, (Juan Ponce de Leon,) the\\nhonor of the discovery of the peninsula a\\nmost romantic incident of History.\\nIn 1 5 12, the brave old soldier. Ponce de\\n(7)", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "8 GUIDE TO FLORIDA,\\nLeon, was Governor of Porto Rico. He had\\ncarved his way to glory and wealth, but never-\\ntheless aspired to equal Columbus in renown,\\nand for that purpose fitted out an expedition.\\nIt was whilst discussing the subject with\\nhis followers, and arguing as to the course to\\nbe pursued, that an Indian Cacique narrated\\nto them a wonderful story; that, not many\\nleagues away, towards the setting sun, there\\nexisted a land of great riches, and exceeding\\nall others in beauty of scenery. But, what\\nwas most extraordinary, it possessed a mar-\\nvellous fountain, whose waters had the power\\nto renew youth and give vigor to those who\\nbathed in or drank them.\\nPonce de Leon had witnessed such wonder-\\nful things in his several voyages, that he was\\nprepared to give credence to the most exager-\\nated accounts.\\nWhat if it should prove true? soliloquized\\nthe old warrior, as he listened to the inter-\\npreter.\\nAnd why should it not be Have I not\\nalready discovered marvels, which in my\\nyouthful days I would have deemed impossible\\n_._j", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. g\\nas this? Ponce de Leon will, in giving to the\\nworld a rejuvenating fountain, be entitled to\\ngreater renown than those who merely gave\\nwealth and continents to their sovereigns.\\nAn expedition of three vessels was imme-\\ndiately fitted out and set sail from St. Germain,\\nPorto Rico, in March 15 12. Ponce de Leon\\ndirected its course to the Bahamas. He vis-\\nited the various localities where the fountain\\nmight be, but his search proved fruitless.\\nIsland after island was explored, and the\\nwaters tasted and bathed in, yet the desired\\neffect was not produced. Nothing daunted,\\nthe brave soldier steered to the Westward\\nand, on Palm Sunday, the Pascua Florida of\\nthe Spaniards, (27th March, 15 12) he dis-\\ncovered land ahead a land of such magnifi-\\ncent vegetation and variety of flowers, that\\nhe gave to it the name it continues to bear\\nFlorida.\\nOn April 2, 15 12, Ponce de Leon disem-\\nbarked a little to the northward of St. Augus-\\ntine, planted a cross, and took possession of\\nthe country in the name of his sovereign. He\\nthen turned his attention to the search for the", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "lO GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nFountain of Youth and, in its absence,\\ngold and precious stones. He found neither,\\nand two months later returned to Porto Rico.\\nIn spite of his want of success, De Leon\\nmade a brilliant report of the value of his\\ndiscovery, and was rewarded by the Crown\\nwith the title of Adelentado, or Governor of\\nFlorida in return for which he agreed to\\nconquer and colonize it. This, however, he\\ndid not appear in any particular hurry to do\\nas it was not until nearly ten years later that\\nhe again set out for the peninsula.\\nIn the meantime, several explorers had vis-\\nited its shores and described it as a vast con-\\ntinent, and not an Island as he supposed it to\\nbe. At this time, Cortez was in Mexico and\\nthe reports of his conquests and spoils incited\\nPonce de Leon to put on foot a second expe-\\ndition, in the hope of meeting with a like suc-\\ncess. He sailed, therefore, with two vessel;\\nbut no sooner had he landed in Florida, than\\nhe was attacked by the natives with such\\nfierceness that, after a severe conflict, the\\nSpaniards were compelled to re-embark and\\nreturn to Cuba. Ponce himself received a", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA,\\nwound, from the effects of which he died, soon\\nafter reaching the Island. His epitaph was\\nIn this sepulchre rest the bones of a man\\nwho was a Lion by name, and still m.ore\\nby nature.\\nDE AYLLON NARVAEZ NUNEZ DE VACA.\\nShortly after the death of Ponce de Leon,\\nDiego Miruelo, the captain of a small Span-\\nish vessel, being driven by stress of weather\\nto the coast of Florida, received from the na-\\ntives,in traffic, a quantity of gold and silver.\\nWith these he returned to St. Domingo and\\nthe accounts he gave of the country he had\\nvisited caused much excitement on the Island.\\nAt that time there was, in St. Domingo, a\\ncompany engaged in gold mining, at whose\\nhead was a distinguished young nobleman\\nnamed Lucas Vasquez de Ayllon. This gen-\\ntleman, as will be seen, was possessed of\\nkeenness and a daring spirit.\\nDe Ayllon, fearing, no doubt, his annual\\nstatement for the year 1521, would make but\\na sorry figure, owing to the scarcity of labor", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "12 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\non the Island, determined to visit the main-\\nland, and secure a couple of cargoes of the\\nsavages so plausibly described by Miruelo.\\nNow, owing to the efforts of Las Casas, the\\nSpanish crown had prohibited the enslaving\\nof the natives of the New World. This pro-\\nhibition, however, did not include the Caribs,\\n^\\\\\\\\Q were said to be cannibals. De Ayllon,\\nconsequently, gave out that the two vessels\\nhe was fitting out were for the purpose of\\nobtaining Caribs but, sailing directly to the\\nmainland, he was driven by stress of weather\\nand the unknown currents further to the\\nnorth than he anticipated, and came to an-\\nchor on the coast of what is now South Caro-\\nlina, at a place called Chicora, but which he\\nnamed St. Helena.\\nHere the Indians at first fled in terror at\\nthe sight of ships and white men, whom they\\nbeheld for the first time but the Spaniards\\nsoon quieted their fears; and they returned,\\nbringing presents of furs, pearls, and small\\nquantities of gold and silver. The Spaniards\\ngave them trinkets in return, and invited\\nthem on board their vessels, to which the", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 13\\nconfiding natives repaired in considerable\\nnumbers. Securing- them below the hatches,\\nthe Spaniards weighed anchor and set sail for\\nhome. One of the vessels foundered at sea,\\nand of the poor captives confined on board of\\nthe other, the ancient historian says these\\nIndians profited them nothing, for they all\\ndied of care and grief.\\nDe Ayllon shortly afterwards obtained from\\nhis sovereign the appointment of Governor\\nof Chicora he fitted out an expedition of\\nthree vessels to conquer his new dominion,\\nlanding near St. Helena. The inhabitants\\nreceived him with apparent cordiality but,\\nafter feasting his soldiers for three days, they\\nrose upon them in the night and massacred\\nalmost the entire force including De Ayllon\\nhimself.\\nDE NARVAEZ 1 5 28.\\nThe next expedition to Florida was con-\\nducted on a grander scale it was led by\\nPamphilo de Narvaez. De Narvaez, who was\\na distinguished soldier, had been sent by Ve-", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "H\\nGUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nlasquez, the Governor of Cuba, to Mexico,\\nwith nearly two thousand troops to supersede\\nCortez, whose brilliant career had excited\\nthe jealousy of the Governor. Instead of\\nturning over the command of his three hun-\\ndred warriors to Narvaez, Cortez, at night,\\nfell upon his rival and, after a short struggle,\\nin which Narvaez lost an eye, took him pris-\\noner. Then almost the whole of the new\\ncomers went over to Cortez.\\nWhen, subsequently, Narvaez proceeded to\\nSpain, he was consoled by having conferred\\nupon him the Governorship of Florida. He\\nimmediately fitted out an expedition of five\\nvessels; and, on April 12th, 1528, landed on\\nthe west coast of Florida, near what is now\\ncalled Tampa Bay. There he landed three\\nhundred men and forty-five horses. Against\\nthe advice of some of his followers, Narvaez\\ndetermined to at once penetrate the country\\nin search of an empire which should rival\\nMexico or Peru. His companions had coun-\\nselled their remaining by their ships, and\\ncoasting along the continent but Narvaez\\nwas not to be moved and, after instructing", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\n15\\nhis captains to take the vessels to some con-\\nvenient harbor to await his arrival, he started\\non his march, in a northerly direction.\\nInstead of finding the rich country they\\nhad fancied, the Spaniards could scarcely\\nscrape the wherewith sufficient to keep body\\nand soul together whilst the natives, differing\\ntotally from those of Mexico, contested every\\ninch of ground, with a desperation that dis-\\ncouraged and astonished the Spaniards. His-\\ntory offers few such records of suffering as\\nis narrated in the pages which describe the\\nmarch of Narvaez through Florida. Narvaez\\nfound nothing but swamps and starvation,\\nwith hostile Indians on qn^vj hand. After\\nlosing a large number of his force by sick-\\nness and the arrows of the natives, Narvaez,\\nin despair, called a council of his officers.\\nHis hopes of wealth and conquest were at\\nan end he sought how best to escape from\\nthe country before they should all perish.\\nIrving says To proceed along the coast in\\nsearch of the fleet, or to retrace their steps,\\nwould be to hazard the lives of all. At length\\nit was suggested that they should construct", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "1 6 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nsmall barks, launch them upon the deep, and\\nkeep along the coast until they should find\\ntheir ships. It was a forlorn hope, but they\\ncaugiit at it like drowning men. They ac-\\ncordingly set to work with great eagerness\\nOne of them constructed a pair of bellows out\\nof deer skins, furnishing it with a wooden\\npipe. Others made charcoal and a forge.\\nBy the aid of these, they soon turned their\\nstirrups, spurs, crossbows, and other articles,\\nof iron, into nails, saws, and hatchets. The\\ntails and manes of the horses, twisted with\\nthe fibres of the palm-treee, served for rig-\\nging their shirts, cut open and sewed to-\\ngether, furnished sails the fibrous part of the\\npalm-tree also was used as oakum the resin\\nof the pine trees for tar the skins of horses\\nwere made into vessels to contain fresh water\\nand a quantity of maize was secured, after hard\\nfighting with the neighboring natives. A\\nhorse was killed every three days for pro-\\nvisions for the laboring hands and the sick.\\nHaving at length, by great exertions, com-\\npleted five frail barks, on the 22d of Septem-\\nber they embarked from forty to fifty persons", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\n17\\nin each but they were so closely crowded\\nthat there was scarcely room to move, while\\nthe gunw^ales of the boats were pressed down\\nto the water s edge. Setting sail from this\\nbay, which they called the Bay of Caballos,\\nthey proceeded on, for several days, to an is-\\nland, where they secured five canoes, which\\nhad been deserted by the Indians. These\\nhaving been attached to their barks enabled\\nthem to sail with greater comfort. They\\npassed through the strait between the island\\nand the mainland, which they called the Strait\\nof San Miguel, and sailed onward, for many\\ndays enduring the torments of hunger and\\nparching thirst. The skins which contained\\ntheir fresh water having burst, several men,\\ndriven to desperation, drank salt water and\\ndied miserably. Their sufferings were aggra-\\nvated by a fearful storm.\\nAt length they approached a more popu-\\nlous and fertile part of the coast, upon Avhich\\nthey landed, occasionally, to procure provi-\\nsions and were immediately involved in\\nblood}^ affrays with the natives. Thus harass-\\ned by sea and land, famishing with hunger,", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "1 8 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\ntheir barks shattered and scarcely manage-\\nable, these unfortunate wanderers lost all\\npresence of mind, and became wild and des-\\nperate. They were again driven out seaward,\\nand scattered during a stormy night.\\nAt daybreak three of the tempest-tossed\\nbarks rejoined each other. In the best-man-\\nned and fastest sailer, was Pamphilo de Nar-\\nvaez. Alvar Nunez, who had command of\\nanother boat, seeing the Adelantado making\\nfor the land, appealed to him for aid; but\\nNarvaez replied, that it was no longer time\\nto help others, but that every one must take\\ncare of himself He then steered for the\\nland, abandoning Alvar Nunez to his fate.\\nAfter sailing along the coast for man}^ days,\\nNarvaez anchored one night off the land. His\\ncrew, with but two exceptions, had repaired\\non shore, in search of provisions. These two\\nwere a sailor and a page who were sick. In\\nthe meantime, a violent northerly gale sprung\\nup and the boats, in which was neither food\\nnor water, were driven to sea. They were\\nnever heard of afterward, and thus ended the\\nill-fated expedition of Pamphilo de Narvaez.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\n19\\nNarv^aez had embarked at a point near Ap-\\nalachicola Bay, and set out in his frail vessels\\nto reach the Spanish Settlements in Mexico,\\nunder the impression derived from the charts\\nof the day, that these were nearer to him\\nthan the shores of Cuba. The truth, however,\\nwas, that the latter were scarcely four hun-\\ndred miles distant, whilst the nearest Spanish\\nsettlement was eleven hundred miles away.\\nThis error doubtless cost him his life. At\\nthe time of his death, there remained alive\\nabout one hundred of his followers, but they\\ngradually separated and, through hunger and\\nthe arrows of the natives, were reduced to four\\npersons Cabega de Vaca, Treasurer Cap-\\ntain Alonzo Castillo Captain Andreas Doran-\\ntes and Estevanico, an Arabian Negro or\\nMoor. These owed their safety to their being\\nconsidered by the Indians great medicine-\\nmen. De Vaca, according to an account\\nwhich he published on reaching Spain, had\\nperformed some remarkable cures, which he\\nacknowledged surprised himself.\\nHaving spent six years with the tribe he\\ndesignates as the Mariannes, De Vaca and his", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "20 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nthree companions, by that time fully conver-\\nsant with the language and customs of the In-\\ndians, set forth to attempt the task of reaching\\nthe Settlements in Mexico. Their experience in\\nthe healing art did them good service, for by\\nit they were enabled to pass through the many\\ntribes who occupied the shores of the Gulf of\\nMexico. They crossed the Mississippi, and at\\nlength reached, in safety, Mexico, from whence\\nhe returned to Spain, where he published the\\ninteresting account of his adventures. De\\nVaca was the first white man who traversed\\nthe Cotton States and to him belongs the\\ncredit of the discovery of the Mississippi, and\\nnot to De Soto. Narvaez s fleet searched for\\nthe Governor during the space of a year, and\\nthen returned to Cuba.\\nHERNANDO DE SOTO.\\nOne would have thought that the sad fate\\nof Narvaez would have deterred further ex-\\npeditions to Florida but such was not the\\ncase, and the story of the adventures of De\\nVaca, fraught with sufferings, seemed only", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 21\\nto stimulate the adventurous spirit of the day.\\nIt was not the aspiration to glory, but the\\ngreediness of wealth which inspired those ad-\\nventurers. They believed in a continent ex-\\nceeding Mexico or Peru in precious metals,\\nand therefore sought it. When Hernando de\\nSoto, the companion of Pizarro, announced his\\nintention of fitting out an expedition, thou-\\nsands flocked to his standard.\\nHernando de Soto belonged to one of the\\nnoblest families of Spain he was born in 1501.\\nAt an early age, having, as an old Chronicler\\nsays, but his sword for his estate, he joined\\nD Avilas, who had been made Governor of\\nthe West Indies. De Soto found favor in the\\neyes of the latter, and, in 1531, was given com-\\nmand of a body of men, with whom he joined\\nPizarro, then on his way to the conquest of\\nPeru. Pizarro soon recognized in De Soto a\\nleading spirit he made him second in com-\\nmand. Uniting prudence to valor he was ever\\nforemost in every struggle, and invariably\\nvictorious.\\nDe Soto had the good fortune to capture the\\nInca, an(j to put to flight his forces. The con-", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "22 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nquest of Peru achieved, Pizarro would have\\nretained De Soto with him, but the latter de-\\ntermined to return to Spain. This he did in\\n1536, carrying with him, as his share of the\\nspoils of the Inca, 180,000 crowns of gold. He\\nappeared at the court of Charles V., sur-\\nrounded by a splendid retinue, creating a\\nsensation which made him the lion of the\\nhour. His influence at court increased, and\\nwas strengthened by his marriage with Isa-\\nbella de Bobadilla, daughter of De Aviles, one\\nof the most powerful nobles of the kingdom.\\nIt was about that time that De Vaca\\nbrought to Spain the tidings of the fate of\\nNarvaez. De Soto sought De Vaca; and,\\nafter listening to his narrative, hastened to the\\nEmperor, and offered to conquer Florida at\\nhis own expense. His Majesty was gracious-\\nly pleased to grant the request, and conferred\\nupon him the title of Adelantado, in addition\\nto that of Governor of Florida and Cuba for\\nlife. As we have already said, no*sooner was\\nit known that De Soto was fitting out an ex-\\npedition, than thousands flocked to his stan-\\ndard but he chose only the young and vig-", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\n23\\norous, such as could best endure the hard-\\nships and dangers of the expedition.\\nOn April 6, 1538, De Soto sailed with a\\nfleet of ten vessels. His force consisted of a\\nthousand men, commanded by the 61ite of the\\nSpanish cavaliers. In the largest vessel, the\\nSan Cristoval, a ship of eight hundred\\ntons, was the Governor, his wife Dona Isa-\\nbel, and his family and retinue. The fleet\\ntouched the Canary Islands and reached San-\\ntiago de Cuba in May.\\nDe Soto ren\\\\ained in Cuba a year, acclimat-\\ning his forces and obtaining information as to\\nthe Continent he was about to visit. Indian\\nguides from the Florida Coast were obtained,\\nand every precaution taken to ensure the suc-\\ncess of the enterprise. All being in readi-\\nness, the expedition started in May, 1539;\\nand, on the 25th of the same month, disem-\\nbarked its thousand men and 350 horses at\\nTampa Bay. De Soto remained awhile in\\nthe vicinity of his landing, endeavoring to\\nconciliate Hirrituqua, the powerful Cacique\\nof the neighborhood. His efforts proved\\nvain\u00e2\u0080\u0094 the Chief was obdurate. This can be", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "24\\nGUIDE TO FLORIDA,\\nreadily understood when we know that Nar-\\nvaez, in a transport of rage, for a trivial\\ncause, had ordered the Cacique s nose to be\\ncut off and his mother to be torn by dogs.\\nWhilst attempting to negotiate with the\\nChief, De Soto learned that a follower of\\nNarvaez was living with a neighboring tribe,\\nwhose chief was named Mucoso. He was\\ngreatly pleased with the news, as he fully\\nappreciated the importance to the expedition\\nof having as guide one who had been living\\nm the country ten years, and who was doubt-\\nless familiar with the language and customs\\nof the natives. De Soto at once set about\\nsecui ing the person of Juan Ortiz such was\\nthe Spaniard s name he accordingly des-\\npatched his trusty lieutenant, De Gallegos,\\nwith a company of lancers, under the guid-\\nance of an Indian, on an embassy to the\\nCacique Mucoso, soliciting the release of\\nOrtiz, and inviting the Chief to his camp,\\nwith promises of friendship and munificent\\nrewards.\\nIn the meantime, Mucoso, learning of De\\nSoto s arrival in the neighboring province", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\n25\\nand fearing that it was his intention to con-\\nquer the whole country, despatched Ortiz on\\na mission to the Governor to pray De Soto\\nnot to lay waste his whole territory, and that\\nin return he and his people would be devoted\\nto his service. Ortiz, highly pleased with his\\nmission, set out, accompanied by a body of\\nchosen warriors. They had proceeded but a\\nshort distance, when, at the edge of a forest,\\nthey suddenly came upon Gallegos and his\\nlancers the companions of Ortiz retreating\\nto the woods but Ortiz, forgetting that, with\\nquiver at back, a bow and arrov/ in hand, and\\nhis head adorned with feathers, he differed\\nbut little from his companions, scorned the\\nadvice, and marched forth to meet his country-\\nmen, who, he thought, would recognize him.\\nThe Spaniards, seeing the Indians, at once\\ncharged upon them, driving them to the\\nwoods, leaving one dead upon the field.\\nOrtiz was nearly ridden over by a trooper\\nhe cried out lustily, Seville, at the same\\ntime making the sign of the cross. The\\nSpaniard reined in his horse, and learning he\\nhad found the object of their search, seized\\n2", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "26 GUIDE TO FLORIDA,\\nOrtiz by the arm, lifting- him upon the croup\\nof his saddle, and dashed off with him to\\nGaliegos, who returned to De Soto in great\\nglee with his prize. The Governor received\\nOrtiz in the warmest manner, sympathized\\nwith his past sufferings, and at once ordered\\nhim arms, clothing, and a horse.\\nOrtiz narrated his experience to De Soto it\\nwas most romantic. It appeared that Nar-\\nvaez, upon landing in Florida, sent back to\\nCuba, with despatches, one of his smallest ves-\\nsels, upon which was Juan Ortiz she imme-\\ndiately returned laden with supplies for the\\nforces but by that time Narvaez had marched\\ninto the interior. The Spaniards, from their\\nvessel, saw on shore some Indians, who pointed\\nto a letter in the end of a cleft stick fixed in\\nthe earth. Believing it to contain instructions\\nfrom Narvaez, they made signs to the Indians\\nto bring it to them, but this they declined\\nto do.\\nJuan Ortiz and three companions then went\\nto the shore in a boat; but were no sooner\\nlanded than they were in a moment surround-\\ned and hastened awav- The crew of the ves-", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA 2/\\nsel, alarmed at the treatment of their ship-\\nmates, and the number of the enemy in sight,\\nset sail, leaving Ortiz and his companions to\\ntheir fate. By this decoy, the Indians secured\\nthe captives required to gratify the Cacique s\\nrevenge upon the Spaniards, for Hirritriqua\\nwas smarting under the loss of his nose, and was\\nov^erjoyed when the prisoners were brought\\nbefore him. They were placed under a strong\\nguard until a festival day, when one by one\\nthey were made to run the gauntlet, and in\\nthis way three of them perished miserably.\\nOrtiz had been reserved for the last and the\\nchief, to vary the entertainment, ordered him\\nto be bound to a staging of poles, and a fire\\nkindled under him. The first part of the order\\nhad been executed and Ortiz, who was then\\nbut eighteen, was stripped and bound to the\\nstake. At that moment, the beautiful daugh-\\nter of the Cacique, who was about the same\\nage as Ortiz, saw the dreadful fate of the\\nj^outh she was moved by compassion and,\\nthrowing herself at her father s feet, begged\\nhim to spare the stranger s life. Hirritriqua\\ngranted her request and thus Florida", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "28 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\npossessed a Pocahontas long before Capt.\\nJohn Smith owed his life to that renowned\\nmaiden.\\nBut Ortiz led a sorry life of it he w^as made\\nto labor like a slave, and was subjected to\\ncruel treatment. He would have perished\\nfrom starvation, had it not been for food fur-\\nnished him by his lovely protector. One night\\nthe Cacique s daughter came to Ortiz, and\\ntold him that her father had determined to\\nsacrifice him at the approaching festival and\\nthat all her entreaties had failed to shake his\\ndetermination. She added that a trust}^ guide\\nAvould, that night, lead him to Mucozo, a\\nneighboring chief, who loved her and sought\\nher in marriage and who, for her sake, would\\nprotect him.\\nAt the appointed time, Ortiz met the guide,\\nand was safely conducted to Mucozo, who re-\\nceived him warmly, and finally became greatly\\nattached to him. His hospitable reception\\ndispleased Hirritriqua, who made repeated\\ndemands on Mucozo to give up the fugitive.\\nThe latter; nevertheless, maintained inviolate\\nthe sacred rites of hospitality, notwithstanding", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA,\\n29\\nthat the hand of the lovely maiden depended\\non his acquiescing\\nOrtiz had been among the Indians nearly\\nten years, when De Soto made his appear-\\nance and, as it may well be supposed, he was\\noverjoyed to rejoin his countrymen. His first\\nact was to bring about friendly relations be-\\ntween De Soto and his noble protector, Mu-\\ncozo. In this he succeeded so well, that whilst\\nthe Spaniards remained in that part of the\\ncountry, they were the best of friends. When,\\nsubsequently, the fleet sailed from the neigh-\\nboring harbor, many things with which the\\nSpaniards did not wish to be encumbered\\nwere presented to Mucozo, who found him-\\nself abundantly provided for. It took many\\ndays for the Indians to carry to their villages,\\nthe clothing, weapons, and various stores\\nwhich the Spaniards had given them.\\nDe Soto, as we have already stated, landed\\nin Florida at Tampa Bay. From that point\\nhe took his route to the north and east, pass-\\ning through Ocala and Tallahassee, from\\nwhence he despatched an exploring party,\\nwhich penetrated far into the interior. Hav-", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "30\\nGUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\ning received a favorable report as to the rich-\\nness of the country to the north, he pushed\\nforward in that direction, having first sent\\norders to his fleet to meet him at Pensacola\\nBay. De Soto crossed the Savannah river,\\nnear the present site of the City of Savannah\\nand entered v^hat is nov^^ the State of South\\nCarolina. There a pleasing incident occurred,\\nwhich we can do no better than relate in\\nthe words of Fairbanks, in his History of\\nFlorida:\\nNear the Atlantic coast, in South Caroli-\\nna, De Soto came into the territories of an\\nIndian Queen, invested with youth, beauty,\\nand loveliness, who is styled by the old\\nChronicles the Ladie of the Countrie. Upon\\nDe Soto s approach, he was met by a lady\\nambassadress, sister of her Majesty, who de-\\nlivered a courteous speech of welcome and,\\nwithin a little time, the Ladie came out of the\\ntown in a chaire, whereon certain of the prin-\\ncipal Indians brought her to the river. She\\nentered into a barge, which had the sterne\\ntilted over, and on the floor her mat ready\\nlaid, with two cushions upon it, one upon", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\n31\\nanother, where she sat her down, and with her\\ncame her principal Indians, in other barges,\\nwhich did wait upon her.\\nShe went to the place where the Governor\\nwas, and at her coming, she made this speech\\nExcellent lord, I wish this coming of your\\nlordship s into these your countries to be\\nmost happy; although my power be not\\nanswerable to my will, and my services be\\nnot according to my desire, nor such as so\\nhigh a prince as your lordship deserveth, yet\\nsuch the good wall is leather to be accepted\\nthan all the treasures of the world, that with-\\nout it can be offered with most unfailable\\nand manifest affection, I offer you my person,\\nlords, and subjects, and this small service.*\\nAfter this courteous and graceful speech\\nfrom the throne, it ma}^ be inferred that so\\ngallant a cavalier as De Soto must have re-\\nplied in equally complimentary style. The\\nprincess caused to be presented to the Ade-\\nlantado rich presents of the clothes and skins\\nof the country and, far greater attraction for\\nthem, beautiful strings of pearls. Her Ma-\\njesty, after some maiden coyness, took from", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "32\\nGUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nher own neck a great cordon of pearls, and\\ncast it about the neck of the Governor, enter-\\ntaining him with very gracious speeches of\\nlove and courtesy and, as soon as he was\\nlodged in the town, she sent him another\\npresent, of not quite so delicate and refined a\\ncharacter, but no doubt considered by her of\\nfar greater value, namely, some hens. Per-\\nceiving that they valued the pearls, she ad-\\nvised the Governor to send and search certain\\ngraves that were in that town, and that they\\nshould find many. They searched the graves,\\nand there found fourteen measures of pearls,\\nw^eighing two hundred and ninety-two pounds,\\nfigures of various kinds little babies, birds,\\netc., were made of them, reminding one of\\nthe recent excavations at Chiriqui.\\nThe people were brown, well made, and\\nwell proportioned and more civnl than the\\nother tribes which had been met with in\\nFlorida they were likewise well shod and\\nclothed.\\nThe Spaniards, worried and fatigued by\\ntheir tedious and fruitless marches, urged\\ntheir leader to settle in the country, as the", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA:\\n33\\nclimate was mild, the lands rich and produc-\\ntive, and the coast afforded good harbors to\\nshelter their ships. But the Governor re-\\nplied, that he intended to seek treasures\\nsuch as Atahualpa, Lord of Peru, possessed.\\nDoubtless the country was a good one, that\\npearls of value abounded therein, yet there\\nwas not sufficient inducement to retain him\\nthere. And, as De Soto was firm and decided\\nin his opinion, though giving ear to those of\\nothers, his followers acquiesced in his views.\\nThe fair princess seems to have been ill\\nrequited for her hospitable reception of the\\nSpaniards. Held as a hostage (for the good\\nbehaviour of the Indians, it is presumed), De\\nSoto insisted upon her accompanying him,\\nwhich she did for many days until, one day,\\nturning aside into the forest upon some slight\\npretext, she disappeared, not without suspicion\\nof design, as there happened to be missing at\\nthe same time one of the Spaniards, who,\\nreport said, had joined the fair princess for\\nweal or for woe, and had returned with her\\nto her tribe.\\nFrom South Carolina, De Soto proceeded", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "34 GUIDE TO FLORIDA,\\nto Georgia, which he penetrated as far as the\\nborders of Tennessee, but failed to find the\\ngold which the natives of the sea-board, with\\nthe hope of getting rid of him, had stated\\nwould there be found in abundance. Turn-\\ning his steps to the south-west, he passed\\nthrough Georgia and Alabama, and reached a\\npoint near Mobile, where news was brought\\nthat the fleet was awaiting him but a few days\\njourney off, in the spacious harbor of Ochuse,\\nor Pensacola.\\nIt would have been well if the valorous\\nSpaniard had then abandoned his hopeless\\nenterprise, and had re-embarked his discour-\\naged followers, who had undergone eighteen\\nmonths of hardship well, if he had returned\\nto Cuba, where Dona Isabel was anxiously\\nawaiting his coming. But De Soto had de-\\ncided never to return to his native land until\\nhe had discovered the land where wealth\\nabounded. So, binding Ortiz, who, alone be-\\nsides himself, knew of the proximity of the\\nfleet, to secrecy, he directed his course to the\\nnorthward and westward and, after a march\\nfraught with dangers and difficulties, emerged", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA 35\\nfrom the swamps and forests of the wilder-\\nness, in the Spring of 1541, upon the banks of\\nthe Father of Waters, the Mecassabe, near\\nthe present site of Memphis.\\nThat year he spent exploring the country\\nwest of the Mississippi, and in April he re-\\nturned to the river, intending to send de-\\nspatches to the fleet, to be conveyed to Dona\\nIsabel. But the end of the brave soldier was\\napproaching.\\nIn the long marches through the swamps\\nand lowlands, he had contracted a fever, w^hich\\nincreased rapidly, and made him aware that\\nhis last hour was at hand. He prepared for\\ndeath with the calmness of a soldier, appointed\\nLouis de Alvarado to the chief command, and\\nrequired his officers to take the oath to obey\\nand serve him faithfully. This done, the dying\\nGovernor called to him his followers, of whom\\nhe tenderly took his last leave, calmly address-\\ning them while they wept. De Soto soon\\nafter expired.*\\nThus perished Hernando de Soto, the most\\ndistinguished of the many brave leaders,\\nIrving.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "36 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nwhose names are honored as the discoverers\\nand settlers of the Western World. His fol-\\nlowers, fearing to bury him on the shore, lest\\nthe Indians should desecrate his grave, hol-\\nlowed out the trunk of a live oak of sufficient\\ndiameter to contain the body. Therein they\\nplaced the corpse, closed its opening with\\nplanking, and at midnight conveyed the re-\\nmains to mid-stream, where the river was a\\nmile in Avidth and nineteen fathoms deep,\\nThey there committed to the deep the mortal\\nremains of their commander.\\nDe la Vega, in his history qf the expedition,\\nsays The discoverer of the Mississippi\\nslept beneath its waters. He had crossed a\\nlarge part of the Continent in search of gold,\\nand found nothing so remarkable as his burial-\\nplace.\\nOur fair readers will ask what became of\\nthe eighteen measures of pearls. Alas in\\none of the villages where De Soto established\\nhis quarters, the natives, at night, fired the\\nbuilding and it was quite as much as the\\nSpaniards could do to save themselves, much", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 37\\nless the pearls which, together with quan-\\ntities of stores and equipments, were utterly\\nconsumed.\\nDe Soto died on 21st May, 1542. His suc-\\ncessor, Louis de Alvarado, at once summon-\\ned a council of his officers to determine the\\nbest course to pursue. They decided to leave\\nthe country but how to do so with the least\\nembarrassment was the question. One of\\nthe officers, Juan de Anasco, urged the Com-\\nmander to push through to the frontiers\\nof Mexico, offering to show the way. He\\ninsisted that the distance was not great.\\ntherefore his advice prevailed, and, in the\\nearly part of June, they commenced their\\nmarch onward.\\nThe Spaniards had not proceeded far on\\ntheir way, when they discovered that one of\\ntheir number was missing a young Cavalier\\nof good family named Diego de Guzman. It\\nappears that the gay Diego, in a fora}^ had\\ncaptured a most beautiful Indian girl, with\\nwhom he at once fell most desperately in love.\\nAs this fair damsel was also missing, the Span-\\niards concluded the pair had gone off togeth-", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "38 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\ner. To make sure that such was the case, the\\ngeneral summoned to him the several chiefs\\nof the province who were in his escort, and\\ngave them to understand that, unless the des-\\nerter was brought to his camp, he would be\\nled to believe the Indians had murdered him\\nin which case their lives should be the penalty.\\nThe alarmed chiefs sent forth their scouts,\\nwho soon returned with the news that Guz-\\nman was with his fair captive s father, a neigh-\\nboring Cacique, living on the best in the land\\nand treated with great kindness and distinct-\\nion. De Gallegos, who was a friend and\\ntownsman of De Guzman, wrote beseechingly\\nto him, to remember that he was a Spaniard\\nand a Cavalier, and not to desert his God, his\\ncountrymen, and his native land. His elo-\\nquent appeal was returned the following day,\\nwith the indorsement, in charcoal, De Guz-\\nman.\\nNo other word did the young Cavalier\\nvouchsafe to his companions in arms, but the\\nmessenger said he had no intention nor wish\\nto rejoin the army whilst the Cacique sent\\nword that his son-in-law, who had restored", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 3^\\nto him a beloved daughter, was not detained\\nby force, but remained of his own free will.\\nThe Governor, upon this, abandoned any fur-\\nther attempt to recover De GuzQian, and re-\\nleased the chiefs who, however, accompanied\\nhim to the frontier.*\\nFor many weary months, the brave little\\narmy forced its way onward to the westward,\\nreaching the roaming grounds of the Buffalo,\\nand beholding, in the distance, a lofty chain of\\nmountains At last, despairing of ever reach--\\ning Mexico by that route, they reluctantly\\nset out on their return to the Mississippi,\\nwhich they reached in the Autumn of tliat\\nyear. Wintering in the villages they found\\nupon the banks, and which they fortified, they\\nset to work to build seven vessels for the trans-\\nfer of the force. Francisco, a Genoese, who\\nhad been throughout invaluable to De Soto in\\nbuilding bridges, rafts and boats, superin-\\ntended the work. He was assisted b}^ several\\nsoldiers, who had inhabited the sea-coast\\nof Spain. Notwithstanding their combined\\nefforts, it was not until the early part of\\nIrvinff.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "40\\nGUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nJuly that the vessels were completed, and\\nthe preparations made for taking their de-\\nparture.\\nOf the gallant host that had landed with\\nDe Soto, but three hundred and fifty survived\\nto embark on the frail vessels comprising the\\nfleet. It started from the mouth of the\\nArkansas river, upon the bosom of the Fath-\\ner of Waters the highway, as they hoped,\\nto their distant home.\\nThe Indians had eagerly watched the pre-\\nparations of the Spaniards and had sent word\\nfar and wide that their common enemies\\nwere about to depart, and thus evade the ven-\\ngeance they had hoped to wreak upon them.\\nThe tribes gathered from the surrounding\\ncountry they harassed the Spaniards as they\\npassed down the river; and when, at last, they\\nreached the ocean, many had been killed by\\nthe arrows of the natives. From the mouth\\nof the Mississippi, the Spaniards coasted along\\nthe shores of Louisiana and Texas for nearly\\ntwo months, and at last reached the Spanish\\nsettlements in Mexico. Here they were\\nwarmly received by the Viceroy, De Mendozo,", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA, 4 1\\nwho sent those who so desired to Spain, while\\nothers he took into his service.\\nPoor Dona Isabel, the wife of De Soto, dur-\\ning these three years, had never ceased to send\\nfleet after fleet to seek and carry succor to her\\nhusband, but the} returned without tidings of\\nthe Governor. At length, one of her faithful\\ncaptains reached Vera Cruz, in October, 1543,\\nand there learned the death of De Soto and\\nthat, of his brave men, but three hundred had\\nreached Mexico alive. When this sad news\\nreached Dona Isabel, the blow proved too\\ngreat for her too bear and it is said she soon\\ndied of a broken heart.\\n1559 DON TRISTAN DE LUNA.\\nNot many year^ elapsed before the Spanish\\nMonarch ordered the Viceroy of Mexico to\\nprepare another expedition for the conquest\\nand settlement of Florida. This expedition,\\nwhich consisted of fifteen hundred men, set\\nsail, under the command of Don Tristan de\\nLuna, in the Spring of 1559, from the port of\\nVera Cruz. The fleet reached Pensacola Bay", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "42 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nin safety but a few days after coming to an\\nchor was entirely wrecked, together with the\\ngreater part of the supplies. This misfortune,\\nand the unfavorable reports of the country\\nbrought to De Luna by scouting parties, which\\nhe had sent into the interior, caused the gen-\\neral to render such accounts to the Viceroy as\\nto induce him to recall the expedition not,\\nhowever, before its members had suffered pri-\\nvations which equalled those of their prede-\\ncessors.\\nDe Luna s expedition was the last sent by\\nthe Spanish to Florida. At that time the\\nSpaniards regarded as Florida the whole shore\\nof the Continent, from the frontier of Mexico\\nto the Chesapeake. We will conclude this\\nbrief history of Florida by narrating only what\\noccurred in the peninsula which now consti-\\ntutes the State of that name.\\n1562 THE HUGUENOT SETTLEMENTS.\\nThe year 1562 marked a new era in the his-\\ntory of Florida and of the Continent. By the\\nwithdrawal of De Luna, there was left not a", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\n43\\nsingle settlement of Europeans on the Conti-\\nnent of North America beyond the boundaries\\nof Mexico. That year, however, witnessed\\nthe first attempt at colonization and that, too,\\nby the French.\\nThe Huguenots, wearied with struggling\\nagainst persecution, were seeking homes away\\nfrom their native land. Encouraged by Ad-\\nmiral Coligny, the head of the Protestant\\nparty in France, an expedition for America\\nwas fitted out, under Capt. Jean Ribaut, and\\nsailed in February, 1562. Ribaut, with his\\ntwo vessels, entered the St. John s River on\\nthe 1st of May, but remained here a short\\ntime only. He proceeded to the northward,\\nuntil reaching Port Royal harbor, where he\\ndetermined to found the Huguenot settlement.\\nThe site was selected upon an island, a fort\\nerected, in which he left a small garrison,\\nwhile he returned to France to obtain colon-\\nists and supplies for the settlement. On his\\narrival home, he found the Civil War at its\\nheight, which debarred his return to the suc-\\ncor of the colony. The colonists, discouraged\\nby the long absence of their commander, put", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "44 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nto sea in a small pinnace which they had con-\\nstructed, in the mad hope of attempting to\\nreach France. Fortunately they were rescued\\nby an English vessel. Two years later, Co-\\nligny being again able to turn his attention to\\nhis favorite scheme of colonization, despatched\\nthree small vessels to Florida, under command\\nof a companion of Ribaut, named Rene de\\nLaudonniere.\\nLaudonniere landed at the present site of\\nSt. Augustine but on the following day en-\\ntered the St. John s River, where he deter-\\nmined to found a settlement.\\nThe site chosen was at St. John s Bluff, just\\nwithin the mouth of the River, where the re-\\nmains of the works they constructed are still\\nsaid to exist. Laudonniere erected a fort,\\nwhich he named Fort Caroline, and from it\\nmade many excursions to the surrounding\\ncountry, and seems to have kept on excellent\\nterms with the Indians. He, however, ac-\\ncomplished nothing and, relying on receiving\\nsupplies from France, which of course did not\\ncome, the garrison was reduced to the verge\\nof starvation. Their Indian friends got tired", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\n45\\nof supplying their wants, particularly when\\nthey found the stock of Parisian notions\\nbrought by them was exhausted they refused\\nlonger to bring in provisions. Had it not been\\nfor a lovely widow, the Queen of a neighbor-\\ning tribe, Laudonni^re and his companions\\nwould have inevitably perished. But the\\nQueen, taking pity of their distress, sent them\\nin the nick of time some boat-loads of corn and\\nbeans, which were gladly welcomed by Ren6\\nand his followers. Fairbanks tells us the fol-\\nlowing\\nIn De Bray there is an engraving made\\nfrom a sketch of Le Moyne s, who accompan-\\nied a deputation, representing her Majesty in\\nher state procession. At the head appear two\\ntrumpeters blowing upon reeds. Then follow\\nsix chiefs bearing a canopied platform, on\\nwhich is seated, shaded by a leafy canopy, her\\nMajesty, in the person of a beautiful female.\\nAround her neck is a cordon of pearls brace-\\nlets and anklets adorn the person, et prcsterea\\nnihil. On each side walk other chiefs, hold-\\ning large feather shades or fans beautiful\\nyoung girls, bearing baskets of fruits and flow-", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "46 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\ners, follow next to the Queen, and then war-\\nriors and her household guards.\\nIn 1565, Coligny, to succor and render per-\\nmanent the colony in Florida, fitted out seven\\nvessels, upon which he embarked six hundred\\nand fifty persons comprising not only the\\nrepresentatives of some of the best families of\\nFrance, but many artisans and their families.\\nThe colonists carried with them seed, and im-\\nplements wherewith to till the land indeed,\\nevery requisite for a permanent settlement.\\nThey sailed from Dieppe, under the command\\nof Ribaut, on the 23d of May, 1565 but, en-\\ncountering stormy weather, it was not till the\\n29th of August that they reached Fort Caro-\\nline, where they found Laudonniere on the eve\\nof departing for France.\\nIn the meantime, whilst Coligny was fitting\\nout this expedition, word had been carried to\\nSpain that the French Huguenots, whom they\\nlooked upon as heretics, were on the point of\\nseizing Florida, a land to which the Spaniards\\nclaimed exclusive right. Philip II. at once\\nencouraged the fitting out of an expedition tc", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\n47\\nthwart their purpose, and soon found the man\\nwhom he needed to accomplish this object.\\nThis was Pedro Menendez, who, having-\\nbeen successful in several naval expeditions,\\nhad acquired considerable fame and wealth.\\nHis life had been blighted by the loss of a fa-\\nvorite son, who had been shipwrecked on the\\ncoast of Florida, on board a treasure ship re-\\nturning from Mexico.\\nIn the hopes of finding his son, Menendez\\nembarked his fortune in the new expedition,\\nspending a million of ducats for its equipment.\\nThe King had been lavish in his promises to\\nassist Menendez, but in the end furnished a\\nsingle vessel, and two hundred men. In spite\\nof this, Menendez set sail for Florida, from\\nCadiz, on the ist of July, 1565, with a fleet of\\nthirty-four vessels. Many of them were ships\\nof from six hundred to a thousand tons, the\\nwhole fleet carrying a force of nearly three\\nthousand persons.\\nIt will be noticed that Ribaut s vessels had\\nleft France a month in advance of Menendez,\\nbut the latter reached the coast of Florida on\\nthe same day as the French, though not with", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "48 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nthe fleet with which he sailed from Cadiz for\\nonly a third of them were with him, the\\nrest having been wrecked or dispersed.\\nMenendez landed on the coast on the 28th\\nof August, 1565, the fete of St. Augustine,\\nin whose honor he named his settlement a\\nname it retains at present. From the Indians,\\nMenendez learned that the French were but a\\nfew leagues distant to the north, and at the\\nmouth of St. John s river.\\nThe French heard of the arrival of their\\nenemies, and sent out a vessel to reconnoitre.\\nIt soon returned, and reported to Ribaut that\\nthe Spaniards were engaged in landing at St.\\nAugustine, and in fortifying the place. Ribaut\\nat once resolved to get rid of so dangerous a\\nneighbor by surprising him before he could\\nstrengthen his defences. Leaving a small gar-\\nrison at Fort Caroline, he embarked his whole\\nforce and, on the loth of September, set sail\\nfor St. Augustine. No sooner had he started\\nthan a gale arose and drove him far beyond\\nhis destination. Menendez, meantime, had\\nstarted overland to surprise Ribaut. He was\\nguided by two Indian chiefs, enemies of Lau-", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0056.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\n49\\ndonniere. The country was nearly impass-\\nable, from recent heavy rains but Menendez\\npersevered in the march, and at dawn of the\\nthird day they arrived at Fort Caroline.\\nWithout losing a moment, the Spaniards at-\\ntacked the fort, which offered but a feeble re-\\nsistance it was soon captured. An indis-\\ncriminate massacre of men, women and chil-\\ndren took place that casts everlasting disgrace\\non the name of Menendez. Some of his pris-\\noners he hung upon the neighboring trees,\\nplacing ov^er them this inscription No por\\nFranceses, sino por Luteranos. Not as\\nFrenchmen, but as Lutherans.\\nMenendez, having left at Fort Caroline a\\ngarrison of three hundred men, returned to St.\\nAugustine, where, this victory over the Hu-\\nguenots caused great rejoicings. In the midst\\nof the revelry, word was brought that Ribaut s\\nfleet had been stranded at Matanzas Inlet, some\\ndistance below St. Augustine, and that his\\nforce was endeavoring to cross to the main-\\nland. Menendez set his army in motion, and\\nsoon arrived at the scene of shipwreck.\\nFairbanks.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0057.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "50 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nHere a long parley took place, the French\\ndoing their possible to obtain terms of sur-\\nrender, by which Menendez would spare their\\nlives and furnish them means to return to their\\nown country. All that could be obtained\\nfrom him was, that he would treat them as\\nGod directed him. Two hundred of Ribaut s\\ncompanions, considering the tei ms extremely\\nsuspicious, made their escape in the night,\\nto the southward. In the morning, Ribaut,\\nmost of his officers, and one hundred and fifty\\nmen, unconditionally surrendered to Menen-\\ndez, having faith in his clemency. The French\\nclaim that Ribaut was promised his life and\\nthe lives of his followers, but this the Spanish\\nhistorians deny. At all events, by the orders\\nof the general, the shipwrecked soldiers were\\nmarched into the woods in detached parties\\nand cruelly butchered.\\nThe two hundred who had fled, made their\\nway to Point Canaveral, where they hastily\\nthrew up some works to defend them and\\nthen commenced building a vessel from the\\nmaterials of a wreck which they found there.\\nUpon learning of their whereabouts, Menen-", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0058.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 5 1\\ndez sent them word that if they would surren-\\nder, he would protect them and treat them as\\nSpaniards. Most of them accepted his terms,\\nand, singular to narrate, the Spanish comman-\\nder kept his word. TKey became a part of\\nthe colon}^, and afterwards some of them re-\\nturned to France.\\nThe fearful massacres perpetrated by Gov-\\nnor Menendez created considerable excite-\\nment throughout Europe but Spain ap-\\nproved of the deed, which was commended\\nby Philip II. and his people as a righteous\\nact. France made numerous demands upon\\nthe Crown of Spain to revenge the murder\\nof their countrymen but Charles IX. and his\\nCourt felt little sympathy for the misfortunes\\nof the Huguenots, and treated the matter with\\nindifference.\\nMenendez, having disposed of Ribaut, turn-\\ned his attention to strengthening the defences\\nof St. Augustine, and placing the settlement\\non a permanent footing. A strong fort was\\nbuilt, a cathedral and other buildings erected,\\nand magistrates and others appointed to ad-\\nminister the government of the province.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0059.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "52 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nHe then set out to explore the shores of\\nthe peninsula in search of his long-lost son\\nand for months persevered in the task. He\\nvisited innumerable bays and inlets and,\\nthrough his interpreters, sought among the\\nIndian tribes information which might shed\\nlight upon the fate of his child. At last, to\\nhis great joy, he was told that, near Cape\\nFlorida, seven Spaniards, shipwrecked years\\nbefore, were living with the Indians. Reach-\\ning the Indian Settlement, Menendez was\\nbitterly disappointed to find his son was not\\namong them. Sick at heart, he invited the\\nseven Spaniards who had been with the\\nnatives twenty years on board his vessel,\\nand returned to St, Augustine.\\nDE GOURGES.\\nIn 1567, Menendez deemed it to his interest\\nto visit Spain, and ordered a vessel to be built\\nto convey him thither. By his command,\\nthis craft was of twenty tons burthen. In\\nthis little yacht, which would have done\\ncredit to herself and her builders in a regatta", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0060.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\n53\\nof the present day, Menendez ran to the\\nAzores in seventeen days, and landed in Spain\\nafter the shortest passage of the period. At\\nthe Spanish Court he was received with\\nthe highest honors but when he asked for\\nmaterial aid for the struggling colony, and to\\nbe reimbursed for the enormous outlay he had\\nmade in crushing the Lutheran pirates as the\\nHuguenots were then termed he found\\nthem slow to respond to his demands. For\\nmore than a year he remained in Spain, and\\nat last succeeded in getting his bill honor-\\ned, besides being made Governor of Cuba.\\nHe arrived at St. Augustine in the Spring\\nof 1568, and learned with grief and rage that\\na serious accident had happened to his faith-\\nful garrison at Fort Caroline nothing less\\nthan the massacre of the entire party, by De\\nGourges, the Huguenot.\\nDominic de Gourges was a brave soldier\\nfrom his early youth he had led a life of adven-\\nture captured by the Spaniards in battle, he\\nhad been made a galley-slave. He was also\\ntaken by the Turks, but was afterwards re-\\ncaptured by his countrymen.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0061.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "54 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nReturning from a successful voyage to\\nBrazil, he arrived in France to learn of the\\nmassacre of the French at Fort Caroline.\\nFrom that moment he determined to devote\\nhis life and fortune to avenging that dastardly\\nact.\\nDe Gourges did not ask the assistance of\\nthe French Government for his proposed ex-\\npedition he carefully concealed his designs,\\nbut made his preparations with all possible\\nhaste. Having secured a permit for a voyage\\nto Africa, to obtain a cargo of slaves, he en-\\nlisted about one hundred and eighty soldiers\\nand sailors for the purpose.\\nAfter a long and stormy voyage, De Gour-\\nges arrived with his three vessels, at Fernan-\\ndina, then called La Seine by the French. It\\nwas there that he made his preparations for\\navenging his countrymen and co-religionists.\\nAmong his troops was one who had accom-\\npanied the unfortunate Laudonniere, and who\\nunderstood the language of the natives. This\\nproved a fortunate circumstance for no\\nsooner had the vessels anchored in the beauti-\\nful harbor, than the Indians assembled on the", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0062.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\n55\\nbeach to contest the landing of the detested\\nSpaniards, as they supposed De Gourges\\nparty to be. But the above-mentioned soldier\\nexplained to the chief, Satourioura, the nat-\\nure of the expedition. He was pleased with\\nthe news, and promised to rally to De Gour-\\nges aid thousands of warriors, who would aid\\nthe French in exterminating the common\\nenemy. Then they brought to the French a\\nlad, one Peter De Bre, who had escaped from\\nthe massacre at Fort Caroline, and had come\\nto them. He proved of great service as an\\ninterpreter and in obtaining correct informa-\\ntion as to the strength and position of the\\nSpaniards.*\\nThe preparations being completed accom-\\npanied by the forces of his Indian ally, De\\nGourges set out for Fort Caroline. H e reach-\\ned it, and surprised the garrison, which was\\nunprepared for a land attack.\\nFinding themselves surrounded, the gar-\\nrison threw down their arms and attempted\\nto make good their escape. They were, how-\\never, either slain or captured. Taking the\\nFairbanks.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0063.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "56 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nsurvivors to the spot where Menendez, three\\nyears before, had executed the Huguenots,\\nDe Gourges hanged the Spaniards to the\\nbranches of the oaks and, taking down the\\nformer inscription placed over the French\\nbodies by the Spaniards, he replaced it with\\nthe following I do this, not as unto Span-\\niards, nor as to outcasts, but as to traitors,\\nthieves, and murderers.\\nDe Gourges and his followers then re-em-\\nbarked, amid a perfect ovation from the In-\\ndians, and safely returned to France.\\nThis humiliating blow of De Gourges, to-\\ngether with other discouraging events, damp-\\ned Menendez s enthusiasm for colonizing. He,\\nnevertheless, made many excursions to the\\nsurrounding country, and even reached the\\nshores of the Chesapeake. The Colony, not-\\nwithstanding, did not flourish so, when called\\nto Spain to take command of the Spanish\\nfleet, he was pleased to leave Florida for ever.\\nHe died soon after reaching Spain, in 1574, in\\nthe fifty-fifth year of his age.\\nMenendez left the government of Florida in\\nthe hands of his relative, the Marquis de Me-\\ni", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0064.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\n57\\nnendez and, from that time until 1586, its\\nhistory presents little of interest.\\nIn that year Sir Francis Drake, the English\\nfreebooter, on his way to England, surprised\\nand captured St. Augustine, which, at the\\ntime, was a well-built and flourishing town.\\nThe family of Menendez continued governing\\nFlorida for nearly one -hundred years. In\\n1665, an English pirate, Captain John Davis,\\ncaptured and pillaged the town.\\nSouth Carolina, having been settled by the\\nEnglish, constant troubles arose between the\\nColonists and the Spaniards. Governor\\nMoore, in 1702, attacked St. Augustine, but\\nmet with a disastrous repulse. In 1740, Gov-\\nernor Oglethorpe, of Georgia, also met with\\na like result before the walls of that city. In\\n1762, Cuba fell into possession of the English\\nand when peace was declared during the fol-\\nlowing year, Great Britain transferred it to\\nSpain in exchange for Florida.\\nCaptain James Grant was the first English\\nGovernor. One of his earliest acts was the\\nissue of a proclamation referring to the salu-\\nbrity of the climate, and the extreme age at-\\n3*", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0065.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": ".58 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\ntained by the inhabitants of the country.*\\nIn this, and in other ways, he endeavored to\\nattract emigration to the shores of Florida.\\nIn 1766, a certain Dr. TurnbuU, a Scotchman,\\nhaving obtained from the Crown the conces-\\nsion of a large tract of land below St. Augus-\\ntine, he called it New Smyrna. To it he\\nbrought, from Smyrna and the Balearic Isles,\\nfifteen hundred Greeks and Minorcans, whom\\nhe settled there.\\nTen years later, these colonists secured\\nfrom the magistrates at St. Augustine, a de-\\ncree cancelling their agreement with Turn-\\nbull; and almost the entire number removed\\nto St. Augustine, and colonized, where their\\ndescendants still remain, forming the most\\nindustrious and interesting portion of the\\npopulation.\\nIn 1 82 1, Florida was ceded to the United\\nStates. Of the long wars with the Seminole\\nIndians it is unnecessary to remark the\\nvisitor to Florida will continue to find\\namong the old inhabitants many who have\\ngone through those bloody scenes, and\\nFairbanks.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0066.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 59\\nwho take interest in narrating much which will\\ninterest the visitor.\\nWe will here terminate our brief sketch\\nof the history of Florida, referring the reader\\nfor more ample information, to the History\\nof Florida by Fairbanks and to Irving s\\nConquest thereof of which the writer has\\navailed himself for much of the foregoing in-\\nformation.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0067.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "FLORIDA;\\nITS GEOGRAPHY AND CLIMATE, ETC.\\nFlorida is the most southern of the States\\nof the Union, and extends down to latitude\\n25\u00c2\u00b0 N. The peninsula is four hundred miles\\nin length, with an average width of about one\\nhundred miles. It contains 59,268 square\\nmiles of territory, and a population of about\\ntwo hundred thousand the white and colored\\nbeing nearly equal in numbers, the whites\\nslightly predominating.\\nThe surface of the country is remarkably\\nlevel. The lands in the upper portion of the\\nState, near the boundary of Georgia, are of a\\nrolling character. A large proportion of the\\nland is covered with forests of pine and cy-\\npress. The most remarkable feature of the\\nState is its numerous navigable streams and\\n(60)", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0070.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 6 1\\nlakes, and its wonderful mineral springs,\\nwhich probably gave rise to the fable of the\\nFountain of Rejuvenancy, to which Ponce de\\nLeon aspired possession. The Indians, from\\nthe earliest times, had resorted to these foun-\\ntains for medicinal purposes, and knew well\\ntheir beneficial effects. Even now the waters\\ncontinue to enjoy their ancient reputation,\\nand thither strangers repair in search of\\nhealth.\\nThese springs are probably the largest in the\\nworld, giving instant birth to rivers w^hich\\nwould in Europe be called important streams.\\nWilliamS; in his history of Florida, thus des-\\ncribes two of the hundred which exist in that\\nState.\\nThe Wakulla River rises about ten miles\\nN. W. from St. Mark s, from one of the finest\\nsprings in Florida. It is of an oval form, the\\nlargest diameter of which is about six rods.\\nIt is of unknown depth and perfectly trans-\\nparent. In looking into it, the color resem-\\nbles a clear blue sky, except near the border,\\nwhere it has a slight tinge of green, from the\\nreflection of the surrounding verdure, which\\noverhangs it in drooping branches and waving", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0071.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "62 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nfestoons. The Eastern side presents a rugged\\nrocky precipice all else is in an abyss of\\nboundless depth. Squadrons of fish are seen\\ncareering round their own world in perfect\\nsecurity.\\nThe big Spring of Chipola offers a very\\ndifferent scene. Here a river bursts from the\\nearth, with a giant force, from large masses\\nof rugged rocks, with furious rapidity, as\\nthough impatient of restraint. The orifice\\nopens to the southwest from a high bank cov-\\nered with large oak trees. This orifice is\\nthirty feet by eight feet wide. A large rock\\ndivides the mouth almost into two parts. This\\nspring at once forms a river six rods wide and\\neight feet deep, which joins the Chipola River\\nat about ten miles distance.\\nThe River St. John s is one of the most re-\\nmarkable and beautiful in our country. For\\na hundred and fifty miles its average width is\\nnearly two miles and, in many places, it en-\\nlarges into lakes ten and twenty miles in\\nwidth. Of its many beauties we shall have\\noccasion to speak further on.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0072.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nCLIMATE.\\n63\\nThe wonderful salubrity of the climate of\\nFlorida is its greatest attraction, and is des-\\ntined to make it to America what the South\\nof France and Italy are to Europe, the refuge\\nof those who seek to escape the rigor of a\\nNorthern winter. The sudden changes ex-\\nperienced at Nice or Florence are unknown\\nin Florida.\\nSo well convinced are our physicians of this\\nfact, that they now advise their patients to\\nseek health in Florida, within three days reach\\nof their homes and friends, in lieu of going\\nabroad at a stormy season of the year.\\nFlorida, as a resort for those suffering from\\npulmonary disease, is preferable to any other\\nportion of America. The census of i860 fur-\\nnished the following evidence on this subject.\\nIt gives the average number of deaths from\\nConsumption as follows\\nOne in 254 in Massachusetts.\\nOne in 473 in New York.\\nOne in 757 in Virginia.\\nOne in 1139 in Minnesota.\\nOne in 1447 iii Florida.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0073.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "64\\nGUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nThe following Summary of Observations, taken from the\\nArmy Meteorological Register are introduced to show the\\nequability of the climate of Florida, as compared with that\\nof other parts of t/ie United States:\\nJan.\\n57.03\\nFeb.\\nMar.\\nApr.\\nMay.\\n73.50\\nJune\\nSt. Augustine, Fla..\\n59-94\\n63-34\\n68.78\\n79-36\\nTampa Bay,\\n61.53\\n63-54\\n67.72\\n71.8a\\n76.64\\n79.46\\nKey West,\\n66.68\\n68.88\\n72.88\\n75-38\\n79-IO\\n81.63\\nWest Point, K Y..\\n28.28\\n28.80\\n37.63\\n48.70\\n59.82\\n68.41\\nFort Snelling, Min.\\n13.76\\n17-57\\n31.41\\n56.34\\n58.97\\n68.46\\nJuly.\\n80.90\\nAug.\\n80.56\\nSept.\\nOct.\\nNov.\\nDec.\\nYear\\nSt. Augustine, Fla.\\n78.60\\n71.88\\n64.12\\n57.26\\n69.61\\nTampa Bay,\\n80.72\\n80.43\\n78.28\\n74.02\\n66.94\\n61.99\\n71.92\\nKey West,\\n83.00\\n82.90\\n81.92\\n78.11\\n74.66\\n71 03\\n76.51\\nWest Point, N. Y..\\n73-75\\n71.83\\n64.31\\n53.04\\n42-23\\n31-98\\n50.73\\nFort Snelling, Min\\n7340\\n70.05\\n5886\\n47.15\\n31.67\\n16.89\\n46.54\\nThe above indicates the mean tempera-\\nture, the result of over twenty years* observa-\\ntions.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0074.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 65\\nThe sulphur baths at Green Cove Springs,\\nand other points in Florida, have been pro-\\nnounced as efficacious for the cure of Rheu-\\nmatism as those of Sharon and Richfield,\\nwhilst St. Augustine is the refuge of those\\nafflicted with that dreadful disease, Asthma.\\nWe have never heard of an instance where re-\\nlief was not obtained.\\nHOW TO REACH FLORIDA.\\nThe choice of a route to Florida is, of\\ncourse, the first and most important consider-\\ntion to those who intend going thither. Ac-\\ncording to our opinion, the Steamers of the\\nNew York and Charleston, and New York\\nand Savannah lines, offer the best mode of\\nconveyance. They are in all respects the\\nmost advisable whether for the invalid or\\npleasure seeker. The following comprise the\\nvessels running to the places named, and\\nform a splendid fleet of first-class ocean\\nsteamers", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0075.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "66 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nNEW YORK AND CHARLESTON LINE.\\nManhattan M. S. Woodhull, Commander.\\nChampion R. W. Lockwood,\\nCharleston James Berry,\\nJames Adger T. J. Lockwood,\\nGeorgia Holmes,\\nSouth Carolina \u00e2\u0080\u0094J. T. Beckett,\\nSailing from Pier 29 North River, at 3 p. m., every\\nTuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Jas. W. Quin-\\nTARD Co., Agents, corner of Warren and West\\nStreets or Wm. R Clyde, 6 Bowling Green.\\nNEW YORK AND SAVANNAH LINES.\\nLeo Dearborn, Commander.\\nVirgo Bulkley,\\nEvery Tuesday, from foot of Wall Street, at 3 p. m.\\nMurray, Ferris Co., Agents, 61 and 62 South\\nStreet.\\nHerman Livingston Cheeseman, Commander.\\nGeneral Barnes Mallory,\\nEvery Thursday, from Pier 43, North River, at 3\\np. M. Wm. R. Garrison, Agent, 5 Bowling Green.\\nSan Jacinto Hazard, Commander.\\nSan Salvador Nickerson,", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0076.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. ^y\\nEvery Saturday, from Pier 43, North River, at 3 p. m.\\nWm. R. Garrison, Agent, 5 Bowling Green.\\nWe refer to advertisements of above com-\\npanies, which will be found at the end of this\\nvolume and in the event of any further infor-\\nmation being desired, the traveller cannot do\\nbetter than apply at one of the different offices\\nnamed, where he will be treated with cour-\\ntesy, and placed in possession of any informa-\\ntion he desires.\\nThe voyage to Charleston or Savannah is a\\nshort one, it seldom exceeding sixty hours in\\ntime and experience has proven that the in-\\nvalid almost invariably improves at sea. The\\nvessels are provided with an excellent table\\nand careful attendance, such comforts as it is\\nimpossible to procure on any other route.\\nFor those in good health, the trip is a most\\nenjoyable one. The class of passengers avail-", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0077.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "68 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\ning themselves of these steamers are invariably\\npleasant and agreeable companions tourists\\nfrom all parts of the United States, Boston,\\nNew York, Philadelphia, Chicago, St. Louis,\\nCincinnatti, etc scarcely a city but is repre-\\nsented on board of them.\\nTravelers who go by land should leave\\neither by the morning train at 9, or by the\\n9:30 evening Express, on the New Jersey\\nR. R. The morning train connects at Balti-\\nmore with the Steamers of the Bay Line for\\nNorfolk, the least fatiguing route. The cap-\\nital suppers and comfortable state-rooms fur-\\nnished on board that line will long dwell in\\nthe memory of the Southern traveler. The\\nevening train carries the passenger via Wash-\\nington and Richmond.\\nUntil recently there was no comfortable\\nresting-place on the road south of Norfolk or\\nRichmond, but now the Purcell House at\\nWilmington, North CaroHna, supplies the\\nwant and, under the care of Colonel Davis,\\nthe weary traveler will soon recuperate.\\nInvalids, and others not pressed for time,\\nshould divide the journey thus Leave New", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0078.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA, 6q\\nYork by the morning train, and sleep at\\nWashington pass the following night at\\nRichmond, the third at Wilmington, arriving\\nat Charleston the fourth day. The Arlington\\nat Washington, and Exchange at Richmond,\\nare strictly first-class hotels.\\nA well-supplied lunch-basket will not be\\namiss when starting from Richmond to Wil-\\nmington, as it is impossible to obtain a good\\nmeal on the road.\\nAt Charleston, travelers will find Omni-\\nbuses waiting at the Steamship Wharf, and\\nRailway Depot, to convey them to the various\\nHotels, and to the Steamers of the Florida\\nLine.\\nCHARLESTON.\\nCharleston is one of the oldest cities of the\\nContinent (settled in 1679), and is also one of\\nthe most interesting and enjoyable. Its situa-\\ntion, almost directly upon the sea, with the\\nwaves of the Atlantic in full view from its\\nwharves, is unsurpassed. Its harbor is a fine\\none, with ample water front to supply the", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0079.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "70 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\ndemands of its commerce. Charleston has a\\nbeautiful promenade, on the apex of the\\npeninsula on which the city is built, and from\\nit can be viewed Fort Sumter and the islands\\nforming the entrance to the Bay Morris and\\nSullivan.\\nApproaching Charleston by steamer, the\\ncity seems to rise from the sea. On misty\\nmornings, the effects of mirage in the har-\\nbor are very remarkable. The city then\\nappears raised high above the horizon, and\\nentirely detached from it whilst Sumter\\nseems thrice its former size. On one or two\\noccasions, during the war, this phenomenon\\nspread consternation through the city, as the\\nwhole blockading squadron was made to ap-\\npear within the obstructions, and fast ap-\\nproaching the wharves. The situation of\\nCharleston for commercial purposes is admir-\\nable, being nearer to the ocean than most\\nother Atlantic cities of importance. Its har-\\nbor, which is capacious and secure, is easy of\\naccess to vessels of large tonnage.\\nIndeed, Charleston possesses all the requi-\\nsites of a great commercial seaport, and there", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0080.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\n71\\nis no doubt that, once relieved from her pres-\\nent exorbitant taxation, she will make rapid\\nstrides in prosperity. Three great lines of\\nrailway connect the city with the interior, by\\nwhich the products of the South and South-\\nwest can be brought to her wharves at the\\nlowest rates. The recent discoveries of rich\\ndeposits of phosphate rock in the districts\\nabout the city, have proven to be of great\\nimportance, and many millions of dollars and\\nthousands of laborers are profitably em-\\nployed in digging and preparing it for mar-\\nket.\\nA very erroneous impression prevails as to\\nthe extent of business transacted in Charles-\\nton, it being far greater than is generally sup-\\nposed. Her wholesale trade in dry goods,\\ngroceries, etc., is- very large nearly as great\\nas before the war, and greater than any other\\nSouthern port, except New Orleans. She re-\\nceives a large quantity of cotton and lumber,\\nnaval stores, rice, and phosphates. In spite of\\nbad government, high taxes, the ravages of fire,\\nand the unfortunate investments in Confede-\\nrate securities, Charleston is undoubtedly", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0081.jp2"}, "80": {"fulltext": "^2 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nprogressing, and but few years will be requir-\\ned to restore her to her former position.\\nA growing confidence in the final restora-\\ntion of an honest State government is again\\nattracting capital from abroad and many\\ntransactions have of late taken place in real\\nestate, within the city, on terms which, to\\nthose accustomed to the prices current in\\nNorthern cities, would seem preposterously\\nlow. Fine dwellings, with beautiful gardens\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2attached thereto, are selling for from six to\\nten thousand dollars in many instances the\\nsame buildings having originally cost double\\nthat sum.\\nThe resources of Charleston for a pleasant\\nsojourn are varied, and visitors, in great num-\\nbers, avail themselves of them during the\\nwinter months. The hotels have always been\\ncelebrated for their comfort and good cheer.\\nUnfortunately one of the favorite resorts, the\\nMills House, is now closed but the\\nCharleston, a strictly first-class hotel, is kept\\nin excellent style, and has been recently en-\\nlarged to meet the demand of increased\\nbusiness. It is admirably managed and ap-", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0082.jp2"}, "81": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0083.jp2"}, "82": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0084.jp2"}, "83": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\n73\\npointed, and the building is one of the orna-\\nments of the city.\\nThe Artesian Baths attached to the house\\nform one of its greatest attractions. The\\nwaters, which flow direct from the wells, are\\nequal in softness to the most famous springs\\nof Germany.\\nIn the building is an office where tickets to\\nFlorida can be obtained. At the office of the\\nhotel carriages can be procured to visit\\nseveral places of interest in and about the\\ncity.\\nThe Pavilion Hotel is a well-kept, com-\\nfortable house, to whose advertisement we call\\nattention.\\nOBJECTS OF INTEREST.\\nThe public institutions of Charleston are\\nnumerous, and well worthy of a visit. The\\nOrphan Asylum is an exceedingly fine build-\\ning, from whose cupola a most extensive view\\nof the city and harbor can be obtained. St.\\nNicholas and St. Philip s Churches are fine\\nedifices the former was built from designs\\n4", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0085.jp2"}, "84": {"fulltext": "74\\nGUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nof Sir Christopher Wren, who was also the\\narchitect of the building known as the Old\\nPost-office.\\nThis building is one in which many prom-\\ninent historical incidents were enacted. It\\nwas the Government House in the Colonial\\ndays and during the Revolution its cellars\\nwere the dungeon in which the British con-\\nfined the prominent patriots from it Hayne\\nwas led to execution. Charlestonians regard\\nthe building with interest and affection, and\\nhailed with pleasure the act of the Washing-\\nton government in repairing it, for it had\\nfallen into almost total ruin. A great number\\nof shells, during the bombardment, had tra-\\nversed it from roof to cellar. It is again used\\nas the Post-office, and, though much altered,\\nstill bears traces of its original architecture.\\nThe church-yards of Charleston contain\\nmany ancient and interesting monuments,\\nsome bearing exceedingly quaint inscriptions.\\nCalhoun s tomb is in St. Phihp s yard.\\nThe Battery, lined with rows of beautiful\\nresidences, is the favorite afternoon promen-\\nade. At sunset, the visitor, leaning over the", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0086.jp2"}, "85": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\n75\\nparapet rail, watching the waves break against\\nthe sea-wall, cannot but appreciate the beauty\\nof the scene. Seaward lies Sumter, with a\\nfleet of vessels, large and small, passing to\\nand fro around the fortress. On the right is\\nJames Island, with the grove of giant pine\\ntrees, known as the Hundred Pines, standing\\nout in bold relief against the sky whilst, look-\\ning up the Ashley, a view is obtained of a\\nbeautiful river, with banks lined with groves\\nof magnolia and live oaks.\\nKing Street is the Broadway of Charles-\\nton, where the traveller can supply himself\\nfrom stores well filled with every commo-\\ndity.\\nThe markets form a point of interest, and\\nshould be visited. On Saturday night the\\nscene presented is curious, and peculiarly\\nCharlestonian.\\nThere are several beautiful drives in the\\nenvirons of Charleston to Magnolia Ceme-\\ntery, to Lowndes Avenue, to Belvidere,\\nto the Four Mile House, and to the Ship-yard.\\nThe roads, in most places, are bordered by\\nlive oaks, magnolias, and pines, from whose", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0087.jp2"}, "86": {"fulltext": "^6 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nbranches hang masses of gray moss, present-\\ning a most unique appearance whilst, in the\\nSpring, the hedges are filled with wild flow-\\ners the beautiful Cherokee rose and yellow\\njessamine growing in tropical profusion, and\\nclimbing high among the branches of the\\ntrees.\\nThe Charleston phosphates afford interest\\nto the agriculturist and the naturalist, who\\nshould not fail to visit the region of theif\\nwhereabouts. A recent work says\\nIn this region are found the most won-\\nderful remains of ancient and extinct species\\nof animals. There are whole acres richly\\nstudded with fossils. Among these have been\\nrecognized the bones of the Mammoth, Mas-\\ntodon, Megatherium, Mylodon, Megalonyx,\\nPhocodon, and several varieties of the Sauri\\nalso teeth and bones of the shark, and numer-\\nous other fishes in great variety also teeth\\nand bones of the horse, dog, sheep, ox and\\nhog, differing but little, if at all, from those\\nbelonging to our present domestic animals.\\nPieces of pottery have been discovered com-\\nbined with stone hatchets, etc., in the same", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0088.jp2"}, "87": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. yy\\nbed, and almost identical in their character\\nwith remains of the extinct animals, etc.,\\nfound some years since, near Abbeville, in\\nFrance. It is said that human bones were\\nfound, but the evidence to that effect is not\\npositive. This strange collection, this sepul-\\nohre of the ages, where animals, now extinct,\\nsleep side by side with others the ancestors,\\nperhaps, of our daily companions where men,\\nbeasts, reptiles and fishes, would seem to have\\nfound a common grave these fossils occur in\\nthe post-pleiocene strata. They have been\\ndescribed in the scientific journals by Pro-\\nfessor Holmes, whose articles attracted many\\nsavans among them, Agassiz, Count Portalis\\nand Leidy.\\nA visit to the Phosphate works in the vici-\\nnity of the city, will well repay one. The\\nrock can be procured in Charleston, without\\nthe labor of a journey to the diggings. The\\ntrade in fertilizers has assumed extensive pro-\\nportions. Since its discovery, its production\\nhas reached a figure representing several\\nmillions of dollars annually.\\nNo one should leave Charleston without", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0089.jp2"}, "88": {"fulltext": "^.8 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nvisiting the numerous points of interest in the\\nharbor, made memorable by the stubborn con-\\nflicts between the Confederates and the forces\\nof the Federal Army and Navy. The excur-\\nsion to Forts Sumter and Moultrie, and to\\nthe batteries on Morris, Sullivan and James\\nIslands, is a delightful one, and can be safely\\nmade in the comfortable yacht Eleanor, which\\nmakes several trips daily from the Florida\\nSteamship Wharf.\\nSAVANNAH.\\nThe visitor will find Savannah a beautiful\\ncity, abounding in pleasant walks and drives.\\nIt is one of the most prosperous cities of the\\nSouth one which does an enormous business\\nin merchandize, cotton and lumber. Its\\nwharves, during most of the year, are crowd-\\nded with vessels.\\nThe situation of Savannah, her perfect rail-\\nroad facilities, etc., guarantees her a brilliant\\nfuture. She already receives nearly one sixth\\nof the cotton crop, and new avenues to trade\\nare constantly increasing. Much of the pros-", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0090.jp2"}, "89": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0091.jp2"}, "90": {"fulltext": ".1\\ni\\nI\\np i\\nO\\nw\\nS I\\n02\\ni", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0092.jp2"}, "91": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\n79\\nperity of the city can be directly traced to the\\nliberal course pursued by the manager of her\\ngreat railroad, The Georgia Central. This\\nroad, with its branches and connections, keeps\\nup constant communication with Augusta,\\nMacon, Atlanta, Columbus, Montgomery, and\\nNew Orleans, etc. it is pronounced to be the\\nbest-managed road in the Southern country.\\nSavannah possesses several excellent hotels\\nthe Pulaski, long considered one of the best\\nat the South, has recently been put in com-\\nplete order refurnished, and many improve-\\nments made in its interior. On the oppo-\\nsite side of Johnson Square, will be found the\\nScreven House, which shares with the Pulas-\\nki a well-deserved popularity. It is admira-\\nbly kept.\\nThe Pavihon, beautifully situated on Bull\\nStreet, is now in the hands of Mr. Fernandez,\\nwhom visitors to the Pulaski in former years\\nwill no doubt remember. It is spoken of as\\nexcellently kept and its charges, as will be\\nseen from the advertisement, are moderate.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0093.jp2"}, "92": {"fulltext": "8o GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nSavannah derives its principal beauty from\\nits wide streets flanked with magnificent\\ntrees. The oak, the magnolia, and the Pride\\nof India, shade the way to pedestrians, making\\nwalking agreeable. Forsyth Park is un-\\ndoubtedly one of the prettiest spots in Amer-\\nica it is a favorite resort of the beati-monde of\\nthe city. At early evening the visitor will\\nsee the loveliest faces such beauties as will\\ncompare favorably with those of Baltimore.\\nSeveral pleasant excursions can be made\\nfrom Savannah one to Bonaventure, a beau-\\ntiful cemetery, shaded by the most remarka-\\nble grove of live-oaks in the world. Those\\nsplendid trees flank the avenues; their\\nbranches interlacing high overhead, thus form-\\ning arches whose symmetry is admirable.\\nFrom every branch hang festoons of Spanish\\nmoss, looking as though the whole grove\\nwere draped in mourning in respect to the\\ndead Vv^ho repose within their everlasting\\nshadow. The place is beautiful beyond des-\\ncription it impresses the visitor with gloomy\\nthoughts one feels relieved when, emerging\\ntherefrom, he visits Thunderbolt, where on", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0094.jp2"}, "93": {"fulltext": "FOESYTH PARK, SAVANNAH. (To face p. 80.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0095.jp2"}, "94": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0096.jp2"}, "95": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA, 8 1\\nthe pleasant bank of the Vernon river his\\ngloom is soon overcome. The oysters found\\nthere are excellent, and a lunch or dinner can\\nat all times be obtained. The ladies need not\\nbe afraid of the milk-punches they form a\\nspecialty of the place, and their fair sisters of\\nSavannah consider them quite the thing.\\nWhite Bluff, ten miles from the city, is\\nreached by an excellent well-shaded road a\\nday can be agreeably spent there. Fish din-\\nners are the speciahty at Mrs. Sylvester s;\\nthey are such as Greenwich never gave to\\nLondoners.\\nFrom Charleston and Savannah, the fine\\nNew York built Steamers Dictator and\\nCity Point furnish a tri-weekly line to Flor-\\nida. We do not hesitate to pronounce the\\nroute the cheapest, safest and only comfort-\\nable way of reaching the different resorts in\\nthat State. By any other route, many changes\\nof conveyance are made imperative causing\\ngreat inconvenience and suffering to the in-\\nvahd traveller. By embarking on the Dic-\\ntator or City Point this is avoided, and the\\nvisitor is landed, without change of convey-", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0097.jp2"}, "96": {"fulltext": "82 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nance at the very doors of the principal hotels\\nof Florida. The steamers proceed directly\\nto:\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nFernandina,\\nJacksonville,\\nMagnolia,\\nGreen Cove Springs,\\nPicolata,\\nTocoi,\\nPalatka,\\nConnecting with cars at Tocoi for\\nSt. Augustine,\\nAnd at Palatka with comfortable steamers\\nfor\\nEnterprise,\\nMellonville,\\nSanford,\\nand the Indian River Country, as well as with\\nboats for the Oclawaha River\\nThese steamers are prepared expressly for\\nthe Florida route, and are unsurpassed for\\nspeed, safety, and comfort. They are under\\nthe command of experienced officers, Cap-\\ntains Vogel and Fitzgerald, who have spent", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0098.jp2"}, "97": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 83\\nmost of their life on this route, never meeting\\nwith an accident during the many years of\\ntheir service thereon.\\nA large sum was spent, last summer, in re-\\nfitting these vessels with new boilers, and in\\nsupplying them with the latest improvements\\nfor comfort and convenience. The state-\\nrooms are clean and comfortable, whilst the\\ntable is provided with every luxurj^ that\\nCharleston, Savannah, and Florida markets\\ncan produce.\\nLeaving Charleston in the evening, the\\nsteamers arrive at Savannah early in the\\nmorning, and leave soon after for Fernandina.\\nPossessing great speed, they rapidly run along\\nthe Sea Islands of Georgia and, as westerly\\nwinds prevail during the winter, the traveler\\nis from the smoothness of the sea, and the\\nbalmy temperature of the air reminded of\\nthe Mediterranean. The effect is beneficial to\\nthe invalid, whose strength is renewed, and\\nappetite increased by the change so much so,\\nas to do justice to the excellent meals supplied\\nby the steamers. New York supplies them\\nwith beef, mutton, and poultry whilst Florida,", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0099.jp2"}, "98": {"fulltext": "84 GUIDE TO FLORIDA,\\nGeorgia, and South Carolina, are put under\\ncontribution for fish and game.\\nWe have known several persons who, for\\nmonths before leaving home, were unable to\\neat a good repast, heartily enjoy their meals\\nduring the entire trip from Charleston to\\nFlorida, arriving at their destination much im-\\nproved, and in striking contrast to others who\\nwere half the winter in recovering from the\\nfatigues of reaching the St. John s river by\\nland.\\nA uniform temperature is kept up in the sa-\\nloons and state-rooms of the vessels, which are\\nheated by steam. This will be appreciated\\nby those who have experienced the varied\\ntemperature in railway cars, heated by a\\nstove.\\nThe decks of the Dictator, and City\\nPoint, in the traveling season, present an ani-\\nmated appearance, as the vessel glides along\\nthe coast of Georgia. The passengers group\\nabout, conversing on the subject of their voy-\\nage listening to the experience of those who\\nare familiar with the localities to be visited\\nor whiling away the hours playing cards or", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0100.jp2"}, "99": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 85\\nchess, etc. Boston, New York, and Philadel-\\nphia, are often found represented in the same\\nparty and under the pleasant influences of the\\nsouthern air, good fellowship prevails. The\\ninvalids, who find themselves in better health\\nand spirits, propose hunting and fishing par-\\nties to the Indian River, and elsewhere. In-\\ndeed, the very nature of the conversation, and\\nthe hopeful looks of the sufferers, tell, already,\\nthe effects of the climate.\\nFERNANDINA.\\nIn the evening, the steamer reaches Fer-\\nnandina, which is beautifully situated on Ame-\\nlia Island. It possesses an excellent harbor,\\neasy of access to vessels of large tonnage it\\nhas a considerable and increasing trade in\\ncotton and lumber. It is the terminus of the\\nrailroad to Cedar Keys, where a line of\\nsteamers connects it with Havana and New\\nOrleans.\\nThe Ridell House and Norwood House are\\nwell-kept establishments.\\nFrom Fernandina, the traveler can reach", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0101.jp2"}, "100": {"fulltext": "86 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nQuincy, Tallahassee, Live Oak and other\\npoints on the interior, by the Jacksonville,\\nPensacola, and Mobile Railroad.\\nST. JOHN S RIVER.\\nA FEW hours after leaving Fernandina, the\\nsteamer enters the beautiful St. John s. Near\\nthe entrance is to be seen the St. John s Bluff,\\nthe site of Fort Caroline, and of the scenes\\nrendered memorable by the massacres of\\nSpaniard and Huguenot. The officers of the\\nsteamers are well versed in the history of the\\ncountry, and are willing to impart much in-\\nteresting information to the traveler. They\\nwill always be found ready to promote the\\nwelfare of the travelers, and to make the trip a\\ncomfortable and pleasant one. Ladies and\\nchildren are especially cared for by an atten-\\ntive stewardess, whose duty it is to see that\\ntheir wants are supplied.\\nThe trip up the St. John s is unlike any\\nother the river presenting scenes entirely\\nnovel. The stream is in most places two miles\\nin width, and often spreads out into great", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0102.jp2"}, "101": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. %y\\nlakes from twelve to twenty miles wide. The\\nSt. John s is undoubtedly the most beautiful\\nof southern rivers, and was well named by the\\nIndians the String of Pearls. The steamer\\nmakes the trip from the mouth of the river to\\nPalatka in about six hours, stopping at all the\\nprincipal landings, which we shall now des-\\ncribe.\\nJACKSONVILLE.\\nThis is the most important town in Florida,\\nand is the great entrepot of the trade of the\\nmiddle and eastern sections of the State. Its\\ncommunication with the interior is perfect,\\nnot only by the St. John s River, but also by\\nan extended line of railway, connecting it with\\nTallahassee and other important places. Were\\nthis road and its branches managed in the in-\\nterest of Jacksonville, a very large cotton\\ntrade would centre here but, at present, the\\nstrange spectacle is presented of an important\\nsea-port, the natural outlet of the product of\\nan enormous extent of the finest cotton-fields\\nin the South, doing comparatively nothing in\\nthe great staple. We learn an effort is being\\nmade by the merchants of Jacksonville, which", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0103.jp2"}, "102": {"fulltext": "88 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\ncannot but receive the support of every one\\ninterested in the future of the city and state,\\nto bring back to its natural channel a business\\nvs^hich would create a degree of prosperity\\nlittle dreamed of. As it is, Jacksonville can\\nboast the most progressive business commu-\\nnity of any town of its size in the South, and\\nthe rapid strides it has made within the past\\nfew years, would do credit to any city of the\\nNorth or West.\\nJacksonville is the centre of the great lum-\\nber trade of Florida it employs an immense\\nnumber of vessels carrying cargoes of South-\\nern pine to all parts of the world. These, and\\nthe innumerable steamers plying on the St.\\nJohn s, gives the river a most animated and\\nagreeable appearance.\\nDuring the past two years, the number of\\nvisitors to Jacksonville has doubled but, for-\\ntunately the hotel accommodations have kept\\npace with the demand.\\nThe Grand National is an excellent Hotel re-\\ncently completed and admirably situated, com-\\nmanding an extended view of the river. Its\\nproprietor, Mr. McGinley is a celebrated host\\nat the South.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0104.jp2"}, "103": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\n89\\nThe St. James is a fine building, of im-\\nposing appearance, capable of accommodating\\nabout three hundred guests. It contains\\nmany large, well furnished, and comfortable\\napartments, and is very highly spoken of.\\nIts present proprietor is Mr. J. B. Campbell,\\nof Massachusetts, which fact alone will carry to\\nit many guests.\\nThe Metropolitan, situated close to the\\nlanding place of the Florida steamers, is also a\\nnew hotel, well appointed and admirably kept.\\nThere are also numerous boarding houses,\\nsaid to be exceedingly good, and where the\\nprices are reasonable. The best are said to\\nbe, Mrs. Hudnall s, St. John s House Mrs.\\nBuffington s Mrs. Atkins and Mrs. Day s\\nwhilst the Sisters of St. Joseph have a\\nhouse apart from their Academy, where a\\nmoderate number can be accommodated and\\nmade very comfortable.\\nThe traveler will be able to spend the time\\nvery agreeably at Jacksonville. There is a\\ndail}^ communication with the North, and let-\\nters and newspapers are regularly received.\\nThe telegraph is also in operation, affording,", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0105.jp2"}, "104": {"fulltext": "90\\nGUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nat all times, the means of immediate intelli-\\ngence. At the Ambler Bank one can ne-\\ngotiate his business, whilst Adams Express is\\nat hand to take charge of the parcels. Boat-\\ning, sailing, and drives to the pleasant suburbs\\nof the town, will help to wile away the days.\\nBefore leaving for the interior, it would be\\nwell to provide such little supplies as old\\ntravelers are wont to make. The gentlemen\\nwill find at Bettelini and Togni s an excellent\\nsupply of wines and delicacies. This is ex-\\nplained, when we say they have one or two\\nvessels trading between Jacksonville and\\nFrance, bringing them an unadulterated sup-\\nply of various kinds. The ladies will find at\\nFurchgott, Benedict Co. s a good selection\\nof dry goods, etc. and at Greenleaf s, a stock\\nof Florida curiosities, from which selections of\\nsouvenirs of their trip can be obtained, such\\nas alligator teeth, St. Augustine sea-beans,\\ncurlew wings, plumes for hats, etc., etc.\\nST. JOHN S RIVER.\\nThe trip up the river is one of the most", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0106.jp2"}, "105": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\n91\\ndelightful possible. By the way, it should\\nnot be forgotten that up the river, is down\\nthe river, as the St. John s rises in the Ever-\\nglades south, and flows almost due north the\\nreverse of the course pursued by most rivers\\nin the world.\\nThe shores of the St. John s are wanting in\\nwhat forms the great beauty of the Hudson\\nthe hills and mountains, to enhance the grand-\\neur of the landscape. Here the banks seldom\\nrise more than twenty feet above its placid\\nwaters. The scene is, however, most pictur-\\nesque and, as the steamer glides over the\\nmirror-like surface, the passengers are loud\\nin their expressions of admiration. From\\ntime to time groves of orange trees, cov-\\nered with golden fruit, are passed the con-\\ntrast between them and the forests of oak,\\npine, and cypress, which fringe the shores,\\nmaking an agreeable variety.\\nMANDARIN.\\nMandarin, the first landing-place of any im-\\nportance, is a small village on the east bank,", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0107.jp2"}, "106": {"fulltext": "Q2 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nnearly an hour s sail from Jacksonville. It is\\none of the earliest settlements, but suffered\\nmuch during the Indian troubles. It pos-\\nsesses several fine orange groves, one of the\\nfinest of which belongs to Mrs. Harriet\\nBeecher Stow.e, who spends her winters here.\\nSeveral Indian mounds are to be found in the\\nneighborhood.\\nHIBERNIA.\\nHibernia, about 8 miles further on, is one\\nof the most pleasant resorts. Mrs. Fleming\\nhas here an excellent house. The country\\nabout abounds in beautiful groves of oak, etc.\\nMAGNOLIA.\\nMagnolia, 27 miles from Jacksonville, on\\nthe Avest bank, is a prepossessing place, which\\npossesses an excellent and well patronized\\nhotel, one much resorted to by Northern\\nvisitors.\\nGREEN COVE SPRINGS.\\nOn rounding Magnolia Point, the steamer", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0108.jp2"}, "107": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. Q3\\nenters a beautiful bay where, in full view, lies\\nGreen Cove Springs, the Saratoga of the\\nSt. John s. It is already a favorite resort,\\nwhich possesses several of the best hotels in\\nFlorida. Its importance is assured; and sev-\\neral w^ealthy families have expressed the in-\\ntention of building winter residences in its\\nneighborhood.\\nThe Clarendon House is admirably kept\\nby Harris, Applegate Co. It has attached\\nto it the celebrated Warm Sulphur Spring\\nthe great attraction to the place. The spring\\ndischarges 3,000 gallons of water per minute,\\nat a temperature of 78\u00c2\u00b0. This water is said\\nto be as valuable for its medicinal properties as\\nthat of Sharon or Richfield, and is reported to\\nhave effected many remarkable cures. The\\nUnion House is also a first-class hotel, ex-\\ntensively patronized by New Yorkers and\\nBostonians.\\nPICOLATA.\\nPicolata is the site of a Spanish settlement,\\nmade shortly after the founding of St. Agus-\\ntine. It consists of but one house.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0109.jp2"}, "108": {"fulltext": "94\\nGUIDE TO FLORIDA,\\nTOCOI.\\nTocoi is the terminus of the St. Augustine\\nRailroad it is here that passangers for that\\ncity disembark. The road in question, we\\nlearn, has been put in good order, and the\\nmanagers promise a quick and comfortable\\ntransit to the ancient city.\\nORANGE MILLS.\\nis about 65 miles from Jacksonville, and is\\nprettily located on the east bank. Mr. Cole s\\nresidence here is surrounded by orange\\ngroves.\\nPALATKA.\\nPalatka, the terminus of the route of the\\nDictator and City Point, is a flourishing\\ntown of about fifteen hundred inhabitants. It\\nis situated on the west bank of the St. John s,\\n75 miles from Jacksonville, Passengers, bound\\nbeyond, are transferred to the steamer Star-\\nlight and other boats bound for Enterprise,", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0110.jp2"}, "109": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 95\\nMellonville, Indian River, etc., as well as for\\nall other points on the Ocklawaha. Palatka\\nis highly recommended by physicians as a\\nresort for invalids.\\nPalatka possesses two excellent hotels\u00e2\u0080\u0094 the\\nSt. John s and the Putnam House. A\\nrecent writer in Harper s thus describes his\\nexperience at the former. Arriving at Pa-\\nlatka he found the Starlight so crowded\\nthat no state-room was to be had.\\nThis apparent misfortune proved our\\ngreatest happiness for, lying over at Palatka,\\nat the St. John s Hotel, we obtained delicious\\nfood wherewith to assuage the pangs of hun-\\nger. Think not, good reader, this is an un-\\nnecessary exhibition of feeling over a small\\nmatter for great had been our suffering, and\\ngreat was our delight. Delicious waffles,\\nnoble wild turkey (nobly served), tender lamb,\\nadolescent chicken, light, sweet bread, pota-\\ntoes, green pease, and other delicacies that\\nravished the heart and made glad the diges-\\ntive apparatus.\\nThe same writer describes the trip on the\\nStarlight to Enterprise thus:", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0111.jp2"}, "110": {"fulltext": "p6 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nAs the steamer plowed along its narrow\\nchannels, the water rushing in to fill the\\nvacuum she made, would sway the countless\\nlily-pads and bending terns to and fro, some-\\ntimes baptizing them with its generous flood.\\nThe forest trees were the same all along the\\nway. Cypress, maple, pine, and live-oak,\\nwhile the palmetto would sometimes choke\\nout the other growths, and send forth, for\\nacres around, its umbrella-shaped tops. The\\nvines grew everywhere, and along the banks\\nwould trail in masses, sweeping the dark\\nwaters with their leafy fringe. Often the\\ndead, gaunt form of some toAvering pine\\nwould rise above its fellows and here the os-\\nprey would leave his nest, secure from harm\\nand then, sitting upon some outstretched limb,\\nwould dash from his height into the waters\\nand bear his prey aloft to his waiting offspring.\\nNow and then the steamer would shoot\\ninto a more open space, and where there did\\nnot appear to be any outlet where the bow\\nof the boat seemed about to be crushed\\nagainst the land but it parted before us, and\\nwhat appeared to have been the solid earth", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0112.jp2"}, "111": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\n97\\nwas but a floating island, which went dancing\\nand torn in the wake behind us, its long roots\\nthrown up to the troubled surface of the\\nwater. At every turn in the river and it\\nhad an endless twist and turn the tall forms\\nof the blue-and-white heron would rise from\\nthe shallow waters and fly before us.\\nThousands of ducks were feeding among\\nthe water plants and not seldom it was a\\ncomical sight when, coming suddenly upon\\nthem, they would attempt to rise but, too fat\\nto achieve speedy flight, would tremble and\\nflutter, and finally scamper away into the tall\\nweeds. Later in the day, the sun came out,\\nand then the torpid bodies of huge alligators\\nwould be seen lying on the banks. To me the\\nmost charming feature of the trip to Enter-\\nprise was the presence of the large birds I saw\\nfor the first time. Nothing could be more\\nbeautiful than the flocks of white swan, curlew,\\ncygnets, and heron constantly rising before\\nus.\\nThe Putnam House has the past year had\\nadded to it a large number of comfortable\\nrooms, spacious dining-room, etc., and is most\\nliberally conducted.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0113.jp2"}, "112": {"fulltext": "93\\nGUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nENTERPRISE.\\nEnterprise possesses a large well-kept\\nhotel, the Brock House, the head-quarters\\nof the sportsmen who rendezvous here to\\nperfect their arrangements for excursions into\\nthe surrounding country. Small steamers\\nsail-boats, etc., can be chartered there at\\nmoderate rates, with experienced persons to\\nguide the stranger through the hunting-\\ngrounds, or to the best fisheries on Indian\\nRiver.\\nNo part of the United States, nor of\\nNorth America, affords finer sport than\\nFlorida. Game of all kinds abounds.\\nIt is during the cold season, when the\\nnorthern sportsmen are confined indoors,\\nthat the game is most plentiful in Florida.\\nDeer, bear, wild cat, raccoon, possum, wild\\nturkey, ducks, geese, snipe, woodcock, quails,\\npartridge, and curlews, are plentiful, and offer\\nfine hunting while the rivers, bays, and lakes,\\ninvite the stranger to the pleasures of the rod,\\nfilled as they are with schools of the finest fish.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0114.jp2"}, "113": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\n99\\nEnterprise is 200 miles south of Jacksonville.\\nIts climate is, consequently, much milder\\nfrost being almost unknown.\\nIn the vicinity are some fine orange groves,\\nwhilst a remarkable sulphur spring, of great\\nextent, and nearly a hundred feet in depth, is\\nthe curiosity of the place.\\nOn the opposite shore of Lake Munroe is\\nMELLONVILLE.\\nMellonville affords good accommodation to\\nthe visitor. It possesses several hotels and\\nboarding-houses. Its orange groves are\\namong the largest and most productive in\\nFlorida.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0115.jp2"}, "114": {"fulltext": "lOO GUIDE TO FLORIDA\\nSANFORD.\\nExtending from Mellon ville, five miles along\\nLake Munroe, and down the St. John s, is\\nSanford s Grant. It is owned by Henry S.\\nSanford, our former Minister to Belgium.\\nHe has located here the town of Sanford,\\nwhich commands the traffic of the river,\\nand the rich agricultural country back of it.\\nIt is destined to be the most important place in\\nthe Upper St. John s. Mr. Sanford has laid\\nout roads, built mills, and brought over near\\none hundred Swedes, who have formed a\\nflourishing colony, where they have secured\\npermanent labor, and demonstrated the health-\\nfulness of the climate. Mr. Sanford has\\nlarge plantations of bananas one of which,\\nSt. Gertrude, is of loo acres, the- largest on\\nthe Continent. His idea is to prove that\\ncapital, applied to the production of semi-\\ntropical fruits in Florida, will not only be", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0116.jp2"}, "115": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. jqi\\nremunerative, but that Florida can make us\\nindependent of the world for those products.\\nAt Sanford is located the Mellon ville Post-\\noffice. There is a fine Episcopal Church,\\nwith the only spire to be seen between Key\\nWest and St. Augustine. Its parsonage is\\nnearly completed. It is being erectea by\\nMrs. Sanford, who is helped by friendly con-\\ntributions. A large school-house is to be\\nerected there and a first-class hotel, in con-\\ntemplation, will be located near the Warm\\nSulphur Springs of St Gertrude.\\nOne of these springs, which made its ap-\\npearance in January, 1872, is said to be of\\ngreater volume than that at Green Cove\\nSprings. The salubriousness and mildness of\\nthe climate of Sanford, the beauty of the\\ncountry, its miles of lovely drives through\\nthe pine openings, interspersed with beautiful\\nlakes, with unbounded resources for the\\nsportsman, etc., points this out as destined to\\nbe a favorite place of resort for the Northerner\\nwho seeks health, combined with relaxation,\\nfrom business.\\nAs for the orange, the experience of the", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0117.jp2"}, "116": {"fulltext": "102 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\npast few years has demonstrated that the\\nsouth side of Lake Munroe is the best por-\\ntion, on the St. John s, for its culture, as it is\\nprotected from the north wind by that large\\nbody of tepid water beyond the reach of in-\\njurious frosts.\\nBack of Sanford are several groves much\\nfrequented by visitors, and said to produce\\n$2,000 worth of oranges per acre. Many new\\ngroves are being laid out, in and about the\\nplace.\\nST. AUGUSTINE.\\nWe must now return to Tocoi, and take\\nthe cars for St. Augustine. On a fine day,\\nthe three hours ride through the pines is a\\npleasant one.\\nSt. Augustine, historically, is the most\\ninteresting city in Florida, while its quaint\\nappearance makes it different from any other\\ncity in the land. It was an important town\\nhalf a century before the landing of the pil-\\ngrims. In the preceding chapters, the reader\\nwill find recorded most of the important\\nevents which mark its history.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0118.jp2"}, "117": {"fulltext": "FORTIFICATION IN ST. AUGVSTINE. (To face p. 102.)", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0119.jp2"}, "118": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0120.jp2"}, "119": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\n103\\nThe St. Augustine Hotel, the Florida\\nHouse ane the Magnolia House are the\\nprincipal ones they are excellently kept. Nu-\\nmerous boarding-houses also afford good ac-\\ncommodation, at moderate prices.\\nSt. Augustine is the point-de-mire of Florida.\\nTo visit the State, without seeing its quaint\\nold city, would be like traveling through Italy\\nwithout entering the gates of Rome.\\nSt. Augustine is unlike any other city of\\nthis continent yet, it must be acknowledged\\nthat, the innovations are gradually effacing its\\nSpanish or Moresque peculiarities. Already\\nthe customs are Americanized the Spanish\\ncavalier is of the past so is the duena, and\\nthe senorita, whom she so carefully guarded.\\nBut there are monuments of its founders\\nwhich have withstood time, and whose soli-\\ndity of construction has not been affected by\\nthe elements monuments which tell of past\\nglories, and of the high state of the military\\nart of engineering, at the date of the settle-\\nment of St. Augustine.\\nRev. H. Clay Trumbull describes the city\\nas follows", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0121.jp2"}, "120": {"fulltext": "104 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nIts principal building material is a unique\\nconglomerate of fine shells and sand, known as\\ncoquina rock, found in large quantities on\\nAnastasia Island, at the entrance of the har-\\nbor, and which is easily cut in blocks to be\\nlaid in courses, and perhaps covered over\\nwith stucco. The streets are quite narrow\\none, which is nearly a mile long, being but\\nfifteen feet wide, and that on which a principal\\nhotel stands being but twelve feet, while the\\nwidest of all is but twenty-five feet. An ad-\\nvantage of these narrow streets in this warm\\nclimate is, that they give shade, and increase\\nthe draft of air through them as through a\\nflue. Indeed, some of the streets seem almost\\nlike a flue, rather than an open way for many\\nof the houses, with high roof and dormer win-\\ndows, have hanging balconies along their\\nsecond story, which seem almost to touch each\\nother over the narrow street and the families\\nsitting in these of a warm evening, can chat\\nconfidentially, or even shake hands with their\\nover-the-way neighbors.\\nThe street walls of the houses are frequent-\\nly extended in front of the side garden the", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0122.jp2"}, "121": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0123.jp2"}, "122": {"fulltext": "OLD ENTRANCE (^ATE, ST. AUGUSTINE. (To face p. 105).", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0124.jp2"}, "123": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\n105\\nhouse roof, and perhaps a side balcony, cover-\\ning this extension or the houses are built\\naround uncovered courts, so that, passing\\nthrough the main door of a building, you find\\n3 ourself still in the open air, instead of within\\nthe dwelling. These high and solid garden\\nwalls are quite common along the principal\\nstreets; and an occasional latticed door gives\\nyou a peep into the attractive area beyond\\nthe massive structure, with perhaps a show of\\nhuge stone arches, or of a winding staircase\\nbetween heavy stone columns, or of a profu-\\nsion of tropical vegetation in the winter gar-\\nden, bringing to mind the stories in poem and\\nromance of the loves of Spanish damsels, and\\nof stolen interviews at the garden gate, or\\nelopements by means of the false key or the\\nbribed porter. The principal streets were\\nformerly well paved or floored with shell con-\\ncrete, portions of which are still to be seen\\nabove the shifting sand and this flooring was\\nso carefully swept, that the dark-eyed maidens\\nof old Castile, who then led in society here,\\ncould pass and repass without soiling their\\nsatin slippers. No rumbling wheels were per-\\n5*", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0125.jp2"}, "124": {"fulltext": "I06 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nmitted to crush the firm road-bed, or to whirl\\nthe dust into the airy verandas, where, in un-\\ndisturbed repose, sat the indolent Spanish\\ndons and dames.\\nBuilt as a military town, the city was for-\\nmerly walled across its northern end which\\nsufficiently protected it, as it stands on a pen-\\ninsula nearly surrounded by the St. Sebastian\\nRiver and St. Augustine Bay. The gateway\\nof the old wall still stands, and is quite an im-\\nposing ruin, with ornamented lofty towers and\\nloopholed sentry-boxes. The ditch before the\\nold wall (or possibly it was a stockade, except\\nat the gateways) is clearly marked, and even\\nyet partially filled at high tides. It runs from\\nshore to shore, and was evidently broad and\\ndeep. The old fort, once called San Juan,\\nthen St. Marco, but now known as Fort\\nMarion, is a curiosity. It stands on the sea-\\nfront, at the upper end of the town, the wall\\nor stockade formerly running from it to the\\ngateway, and west to the river. Its material\\nis the inevitable coquina rock. It was a hun-\\ndred years in building. While owned by the\\nBritish, it was said to be the prettiest fort in", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0126.jp2"}, "125": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. iqj\\nthe king s dominion. Its castellated battle-\\nments; its formidable bastions, with their\\nfrowning guns; its lofty and imposing sall}^-\\nport, surrounded by the royal Spanish arms\\nits portcullis, moat, drawbridge its circular\\nand ornate sentry-boxes at each principal par-\\napet-angle its commanding look-out tower\\nand its stained and moss-grown massive walls\\nimpress the external observer as a relic of\\nthe distant past while a ramble through\\nits heavy casemates; its crumbling Romish\\nchapel, with elaborate portico and inner altar,\\nand holy- water niches its dark passages,\\ngloomy vaults, and more recently discovered\\ndungeons\u00e2\u0080\u0094 brings you to ready credence of\\nits many traditions of inquisitorial tortures, of\\ndecaying skeletons found in the latest-opened\\nchambers, chained to the rusty ringbolts, and\\nof alleged subterranean passages to the neigh-\\nboring convent.\\nThese stories lose none of their force by\\nbeing recited in the fitful light of the dim lamp\\nof your military guide, as you follow him into\\nthe damp and noisome recesses to the echo of\\nyour own foot-fall, or the grating lock and", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0127.jp2"}, "126": {"fulltext": "I08 GUIDE TO FLORIDA,\\ncreaking hinge of the slow-swinging ancient\\ndoors. Many a dark tally-list on the molder-\\ning walls, or a rudely-execnted sketch, shows\\nhow the dragging days were noted or em-\\nployed by weary prisoners of long ago and\\nthe narrow loopholes are shown through\\nwhich the two Seminole chiefs attempted\\ntheir escape, one making it good, and the\\nother sticking fast in the crevice until he was\\nrescued with barely his life remaining. At\\nthe time of Gen. Oglethorpe s attack on St.\\nAugustine, the old fort, or castle as it was\\nthen called, stood a bombardment of thirty-\\neight days from batteries erected on Anastasia\\nIsland. But the injury to the fort was only\\nslight for the spongy walls of coquina re-\\nceived and imbedded the heavy shot, as would\\nthe embankment of a modern earthwork. The\\nmarks left by the shot are plainly seen to-day.\\nBut time is at length doing its work with the\\nold fort. Its walls are showing huge fissures,\\nand on recent inspection it was declared unfit\\nfor further defensive service.\\nIn the buildings of the town are some re-\\nmains of elegance, as well as much of antiquity.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0128.jp2"}, "127": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 109\\nThe cathedral is unique, with its belfry, in the\\nform of a section of a bell-shaped pyramid, its\\nchime of four bells in separate niches, and its\\nclock, together forming a cross. The oldest\\nof these bells is marked 1682. The old con-\\nvent of St. Mary s is a suggestive relic of the\\ndays of papal rule. The new convent is a\\ntasteful building of the ancient coquina. The\\nUnited States barracks, recently remodeled\\nand improved, are said to have been built as a\\nconvent or monastery. The old government\\nhouse, or palace, is now in use as the post-\\noffice and United States court-rooms. At its\\nrear is a well-preserved relic of what seems to\\nhave been a fortification to protect the town\\nfrom an over-the-river or inland attack. An\\nolder house than this, formerly occupied by\\nthe attorney-general, was pulled down a few\\nyears ago. Its ruins are still a curiosity, and\\nare called (though incorrectly) the governor s\\nhouse,\\nThe Plaza de la Constitution is a fine\\npublic square in the centre of the town, on\\nwhich stand the ancient markets, and which is\\nfaced b}^ the cathedral, the old palace, the", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0129.jp2"}, "128": {"fulltext": "no G UIDE TO FL CRT DA\\nconvent, a modern Episcopal church, and\\nother fine structures. In the centre of the\\nplaza stands a monument, erected hi honor of\\nthe Spanish Liberal Constitution. When the\\nConstitution was abolished, these monuments\\nin all dominions of the crown were to be des-\\ntroyed but a compromise was effected on\\nthis by the removal of the inscribed tablets.\\nOn the cession of Florida to the United States,\\nthe long-concealed tablets were brought from\\ntheir hiding-places, and re-inserted in the\\nmonument. On this plaza were burned effi-\\ngies of John Hancock and Samuel Adams,\\nearly in our Revolution, while the British held\\nFlorida.\\nThe old Huguenot burying-ground is a\\nspot of much interest so is the military bury-\\ning-ground, where rest the remains of those\\nwho fell near here during the prolonged\\nSeminole war. Under three pyramids of co-\\nquina, stuccoed and whitened, are the ashes\\nof Major Dade and one hundred and seven\\nmen of his command, who were massacred by\\nOsceola and his band. A fine sea-wall of\\nnearly a mile in length, built of coquina with", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0130.jp2"}, "129": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. m\\na coping of granite, protects the entire ocean\\nfront of the city, and furnishes a delightful\\npromenade of a moonlight evening. In full\\nview of this is the old light-house on Anasta-\\nsia Island, built more than a century ago, and\\nnow surmounted with a fine revolving lantern.\\nThe street names, Cuna, St. Hypolita,\\nTolomato, St. George s, and the like, have an\\nancient and a foreign smack about them while\\nthe family names, such as Dumas, Fatio, Her-\\nnandez, Oliverez, Alveres, Monardi, Segui,\\nAndrea, Sanchez, Medices, and Bravo, mark\\nit as any thing but American in its origin.\\nSome of the Roman Catholic customs of car-\\nnival and evening serenades before Easter are\\nstill kept up by the Minorcan population.\\nA word as to these people, who constitute\\nno inconsiderable portion of the present popu-\\nlation of St. Augustine. While Florida was\\nin possession of the English, a Dr. Turnbull\\nwent to Greece, and received permission to\\ntransport such families as chose to go to\\nFlorida. Obtaining a small number, not\\nenough for his proposed colony, he halted at\\nthe Islands of Corsica and Minorca in the", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0131.jp2"}, "130": {"fulltext": "112 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nMediterranean, where over a thousand joined\\nhis company. They landed just inside of\\nMosquito Inlet, at New Smyrna, some seven-\\nty-five miles south of St. Augustine. Turn-\\nbull soon became imperious, and by the aid of\\na few immediate friends reduced these patient,\\nhard-working people to a state of slavery, as-\\nsigning them tasks under overseers, and treat-\\ning them in the most shameful manner. His\\npromises of lands and creature comforts, made\\nat the time of their joining his expedition,\\nwere disregarded, and with acquired wealth\\ncame added austerity and hardships for these\\nnow dependent people. Thus for nine years\\nthey were in bondage, when, stung to resist-\\nance, they assembled clandestinely, and march-\\ned in a body to St. Augustine, where they\\nwere kindly received, and allowed to remain.\\nThey form a very quiet class, attentive to\\ntheir own affairs, and never meddhng with\\ntheir neighbors. They are intelligent and in-\\ndustrious, and some have acquired considera-\\nble property.\\nThere are a few fine residences in St. Au-\\ngustine and these, with their ample surround-", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0132.jp2"}, "131": {"fulltext": "CATHOLIC CATHEDEAL, ST. AUGUSTINE. (To face p. 112)", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0133.jp2"}, "132": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0134.jp2"}, "133": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLO BID A.\\n113\\nings and beautiful gardens, give a heightened\\ninterest to the place. Senator Gilbert has a\\nsummer residence here, the first as you enter\\nthe town, by the bridge, on the right then\\nBuckingham Smith s, nearly opposite, and Dr.\\nBronson s on the plaza, with others, are beau-\\ntiful homes. A profusion of tropical plants,\\nand shrubs, and trees, ornament their grounds.\\nHere the orange flourishes, and is abundant\\nand delicious several fine groves invite the\\nvisitor s inspection. The fig, and date, and\\npalm, and banana, are all seen here, as also\\nthe lime and lemon, which grow to a great\\nsize, and the sweet and wild olive the citron,\\nthe guava (from which a delicious jelly is\\nmade), and the pomegranate, are all indige-\\nnous. This is the home of the grape, and\\npeaches luxuriate in this climate, as likewise\\nthe Japan plum.\\nBesides the gardens spoken of, we see few\\nflowers and this is what quite astonishes us\\nin this land of flowers, where they grow so\\neasily, and with so little care that there seems\\nno excuse why all the gardens should not have\\nthese simple yet beautiful adornings.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0135.jp2"}, "134": {"fulltext": "114 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nFor many years the town has been at a\\nstandstill, and property at a low figure. Good\\ntitles can with difficulty be obtained and this\\nis now the great drawback to the improve-\\nment of the place, though within a few years\\nNorthern people have been coming in and\\ntaking such titles as were offered. One gen-\\ntleman, Mr. Howard, from New York, has\\nwithin a year past invested near fifty thousand\\ndollars in real estate in the city, which is be-\\nginning to feel the effects of this healthful in-\\nflux, property having already risen to four-\\nfold its value five years ago, and still not high.\\nThe residence of Senator Gilbert, before al-\\nluded to, was bought by him at the close of\\nthe war, as we are informed, for about eight\\nthousand dollars, and we judge worth forty\\nnow. This place has several acres of ground\\nin it.\\nThe longer one remains in this antique\\ntown, the more he is attached to it: at least,\\nthis was our experience. It improves on ac-\\nquaintance. The plaza, or public square,\\naffords a pleasant retreat from the sand, which\\neverywhere else covers the place. Here are", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0136.jp2"}, "135": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0137.jp2"}, "136": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0138.jp2"}, "137": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\n115\\nshade-trees, and the firm green turf and\\nbenches, whereon the visitor may lounge and\\nidle away the hours. At the foot of the\\nsquare, which fronts on the bay, is the market-\\nhouse, so entirely different from those else-\\nwhere seen being here neat, airy, and at-\\ntractive. It consists of a roof supported by\\nbrick pillars, a half-dozen on either side, Avith\\na floor of the same material, and is altogether\\nunique in appearance.\\nThe number of strangers here greatly ex-\\nceeded our expectations, and thronged in\\nevery street and public place. The fashiona-\\nble belle of Newport and Saratoga, and the\\npale, thoughtful, and furloughed clergyman\\nof New England, were at all points encoun-\\ntered. The meeting of friends whom we had\\nnot seen for years, and others whom we had\\nnever met, but yet could call our name, seem-\\ned strange and quite a dream.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0139.jp2"}, "138": {"fulltext": "Il6 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nOCKLAWAHA RIVER.\\nAt Palatka, the tourist to Florida will do\\nwell to call upon Captain Adams, the gentle-\\nmanly agent of .the Dictator and City Point,\\nfrom him he can learn how best to employ\\nhis time, and which are the most interesting\\npoints to visit. Should the visitor decide upon\\ntaking a trip on the Ocklawaha, he will be\\ncertain to enjoy a most novel excursion of\\nlate the number desiring to visit this romantic\\nstream has so increased, that the owners of\\nthe steamers have felt authorized to increase\\ntheir passenger accommodations, adding two\\nnew and comfortable steamers to the line.\\nThe following excellent description of a\\ntrip on the Ocklawaha is from Appleton s Pic-\\nturesque America, which contains the most\\nfaithful scenes of Florida that have ever been\\nportrayed\\nA sail of twenty miles along the St. John s\\nbrought us, a httle before sunrise, to the\\nmouth of the Ocklawaha River, looking\\nscarcely wide enough to admit a skiff, much\\n-J", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0140.jp2"}, "139": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\n117\\nless a steamboat. As daylight increased, we\\nfound that we were passing through a dense\\ncypress-swamp, and that the channel selected\\nhad no banks, but was indicated by blazed\\nmarks on the trunks of the towering trees.\\nThere was plenty of water, however, to float\\nour craft, but it was a queer kind of navig-\\nation, for the hull of the steamer went bump-\\ning against one cypress-butt, then another,\\nsuggesting to the tyro in this kind of aquatic\\nadventure that possibly he might be wrecked,\\nand subjected, even if he escaped a watery\\ngrave, to a miserable death, through the\\nagency of mosquitoes, buzzards, and huge al-\\nligators.\\nAs we wound along through the dense\\nvegetation, a picture of novel interest pre-\\nsented itself at every turn. We came occa-\\nsionally to a spot a little elevated above the\\ndead-water level, covered with a rank growth\\nof lofty palmetto, the very opposite, in every\\nrespect, to those stunted, storm-blown speci-\\nmens which greeted us at the mouth of the\\nSt. John s River. Here they shot up tall and\\nslender, bearing aloft innumerable parasites,", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0141.jp2"}, "140": {"fulltext": "Il8 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\noften surprising the eye with patches, of a\\nhalf-mile in length, of the convolvulus, in a\\nsolid mass of beautiful blossoms.\\nAnother sharp turn, and the wreck of an\\nold dead cypress is discovered, its huge limbs\\ncovered with innumerable turkey-buzzards,\\nwhich are waiting patiently for the decom-\\nposition of an alligator that some suc-\\ncessful sportsman has shot, and left for the\\nprey of these useful but disgusting birds.\\nThe sunshine sparkles in the spray which our\\nawkward yet efficient craft drives from its\\nprow, and then we enter what seems to be a\\ncavern, where the sun never penetrates. The\\ntree-tops interlace, and the tangled vines and\\ninnumerable parasites have made a solid mass\\noverhead.\\nThe swamps of Florida are as rich in birds\\nas in vegetation. It is no wonder that Audu-\\nbon here found one of the finest fields from\\nwhich to enrich his great works of natural\\nhistory. A minute list of the varieties we\\nsometimes saw in a single day would fill a\\npage. One of the most attractive was the\\nwater-turkey, or snake-bird, which was every-", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0142.jp2"}, "141": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 119\\nwhere to be met with, sitting upon some pro-\\njecting limb overlooking the water, the body\\nas carefully as possible concealed from view,\\nits head and long neck projecting out, and\\nmoving constantly like a black snake in search\\nof its prey. Your curiosity is excited you\\nwould examine the creature more critically,\\nand you fire, at what seems a short, point-\\nblank shot. The bird falls, apparently help-\\nless, in the water you row rapidly to secure\\nyour prize, when, a hundred yards ahead, you\\nsuddenly see the snaky head of the darter\\njust protruding above the surface of the\\nwater. In an instant its lungs are filled with\\nair, and, disappearing again, it reaches a place\\nof safety.\\nAnother conspicuous bird is the large white\\ncrane. It is a very effective object in the\\ndeep shadows of the cypress, as it proudly\\nstalks about, eyeing with fantastic look the\\nfinny tribes it hunts for prey. Especially is it\\nof service in seizing upon the young of the\\ninnumerable water-snakes which everywhere\\nabound. With commendable taste, it seems\\nto pay especial attention to the disgusting,", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0143.jp2"}, "142": {"fulltext": "120 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nslimy, juvenile moccasins, which have a taste\\nfor sunning themselves on harsh dried leaves\\nof the stinted palmetto.\\nBut the prominent living object to the\\nstranger in these out-of-the way places is the\\nalligator, whose paradise is in the swamps of\\nFlorida. Here he finds a climate that almost\\nthe year round suits his delicate constitution\\nand, while his kindred in the Louisiana\\nswamps find it necessary to retire into the\\nmud to escape the cold of winter, the Florida\\nrepresentative of the tribe is happy in the en-\\njo3^ment of the upper world the year round.\\nIt was a comical and a provoking sight to see\\nthese creatures, when indisposed to get out\\nof our way, turn up their piggish eyes in spec-\\nulative mood at the sudden interruption of a\\nrifle-ball against their mailed sides, but all the\\nwhile seemingly unconscious that any harm\\nagainst their persons was intended. Like\\nAchilles, however, they possess a vulnerable\\npoint, which is just in front of the spot where\\nthe huge head works upon the spinal column.\\nThere is, of necessity, at this place a joint in\\nthe armor, and a successful hunter, after much", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0144.jp2"}, "143": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. \\\\2\\\\\\nexperience, seldom lets one of the reptiles es-\\ncape. If any philanthropist has ever objected\\nto the slaughter, the circumstance is not re-\\nmembered in the swamps and everglades of\\nFlorida. On one occasion we fired into a\\nherd of alligators, and the noise of two or\\nthree shots caused all but one to finally dis-\\nappear. For some reason it seemed difficult\\nto get the remaining one to move, the crea-\\nture lying with its head exposed to our gaze,\\nlooking as demoniac as possible. A bullet,\\nwhich struck somewhere in the vicinity of its\\njaws, touched its feelings, and then, with a\\ngrunt not unlike that of a hog, it buried itself\\nin the muddy water. This unwillingness to\\nmove was then explained by the appearance\\nof a large number of young aUigators, which,\\nin the confusion, came to the surface like so\\nmany chips. We had, without being aware\\nof it, attacked the mother while she was pro-\\ntecting her nest.\\nIn the vicinity of the alhgator s nest we\\ncame upon a primitive post-office, consisting\\nof a cigar-box, bearing the magic letters\\nU. S. M., nailed upon the face of an old", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0145.jp2"}, "144": {"fulltext": "122 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\ncypress-tree. It was a sort of central point\\nfor the swampers, where they left their soiled\\nnotes and crooked writing to be conveyed to\\nthe places of destination by whomever came\\nalong. We, desiring to act the part of a\\nvolunteer mail-carrier for the neighbourhood,\\npeeped into the post-office, but there were no\\nsigns of letters so our good intentions were\\nof no practical effect.\\nOur little nondescript craft bumps along\\nfrom one cypress-stump, and fetches up\\nagainst a cypress-knee, as it is termed sharp-\\npointed lances which grow up from the roots\\nof the trees, seemingly to protect the trunk\\nfrom too much outside concussion glancing\\noff, it runs into a roosting-place of innumer-\\nable cranes, or scatters the wild ducks and\\nhuge snakes over the surface of the water. A\\nclear patch of the sky is seen, and the bright\\nlight of a summer evening is tossing the feath-\\nery crowns of the old cypress-trees into a\\nnimbus of glory, while innumerable paro-\\nquets, alarmed at our intrusion, scream out\\ntheir fierce indignation, and then, flying away,\\nflash upon our admiring eyes their green and", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0146.jp2"}, "145": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 1 23\\ngolden plumage. It now begins to grow dark\\nin earnest, and we become curious to know\\nhow our attentive pilot will safely navigate\\nthis mysterious channel in what is literally\\nEgyptian darkness. While thus speculating,\\nthere flashes across the landscape a bright,\\nclear light. From the most intense blackness\\nwe have a fierce, lurid glare, presenting the\\nmost extravagantly-picturesque groups of\\noverhanging palmettos, draped with para-\\nsites and vines of all descriptions prominent\\namong the latter is the scarlet trumpet-creep-\\ner, overburdened with wreaths of blossoms,\\nand intertwined again with chaplets of purple\\nand white convolvulus, the most minute de-\\ntails of the objects near being brought out in\\na sharp red light against the deep tone of the\\nforest s depths. But no imagination can con-\\nceive the grotesque and wierd forms which\\nconstantly force themselves on your notice as\\nthe light partially illuminates the limbs of\\nwrecked or half-destroyed trees, which, cov-\\nered with moss, or wrapped in decayed vege-\\ntation as a winding-sheet, seem huge unbur-\\nied monsters, which, though dead, still throw", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0147.jp2"}, "146": {"fulltext": "124\\nGUIDE TO FLOP ID A.\\nI\\nabout their arms in agony, and gaze through\\nunmeaning eyes upon the intrusions of active,\\nhving men.\\nAnother run of a half-mile brings us into\\nthe cypress again, the firelight giving new\\nideas of the picturesque. The tall shafts,\\nmore than ever shrouded in the hanging\\nmoss, look as if they had been draped in sad\\nhabiliments, while the wind sighed through\\nthe limbs and when the sonorous sounds of\\nthe alligators were heard, groaning and com-\\nplaining, the sad, dismal picture of desolation\\nwas complete.\\nA sharp contact with a palmetto-knee\\nthrows round the head of our nondescript\\nsteamer, and we enter what appears to be an\\nendless colonnade of beautifully-proportioned\\nshafts, running upward a hundred feet, roofed\\nby pendent ornaments, suggesting the high-\\nest possible effect of Gothic architecture. The\\ndelusion was increased by the waving stream-\\ners of the Spanish moss, which here and there,\\nin great festoons of fifty feet in length, hung\\ndown like tattered but gigantic banners,\\nworm-eaten and mouldy, sad evidences of the", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0148.jp2"}, "147": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 12$\\nhopes and passions of the distant past. So\\nabsorbing were these wonderful effects of a\\nbrilliant light upon the vegetable productions\\nof these Florida swamps, that we had forgot-\\nten to look for the cause of this artificial\\nglare, but, when we did, we found a faithful\\nnegro had suspended from cranes two iron\\ncages, one on each side of the boat, into which\\nhe constantly placed unctuous pine-knots,\\nthat blazed and crackled, and turned what\\nwould otherwise have been unmeaning dark-\\nness into the most novel and exciting views\\nof Nature that ever met our experienced\\neyes.\\nThe morning came, and the theatrical dis-\\nplay of the swamp by torchlight ended, when\\nwe were destined to be introduced to a new\\nfeature of this singular navigation. A huge\\nwater-oak, seemingly in the very pride of its\\nmatured existence, had fallen directly across\\nthe channel. Its wood was only a little less\\nhard than iron, and the labor to be performed\\nto get this obstruction out of the way was\\ncontemplated with anger by the captain of\\nour craft, and in sadness by the hands, to", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0149.jp2"}, "148": {"fulltext": "126 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nwhose lot fell the labor of clearing the ob-\\nstruction away. However, the order was\\ngiven, and no inhabitant of the swamp is in-\\nexperienced in the use of the axe. The sturdy\\nblows fell thick and fast, as one limb after an-\\nother broke loose from the parent trunk and\\nfloated slowly away. The great butt was then\\nassailed, and, by a judicious choice in the as-\\nsault, the weight of the huge structure was\\nmade to assist in breaking it in twain. While\\nthis work was going on, which consumed some\\nhours, we waded we won t say ashore but,\\nfrom one precarious foothold to another, un-\\ntil, after various unpleasant experiences the\\nleast of which was getting wet to our waist in\\nthe black water of the swamp we reached\\nland, which was a few inches above the surface\\nof the prevailing flood.\\nWe were, however, rewarded for our enter-\\nprise, by suddenly coming upon two Florida\\ncrackers, who had established a camp in a\\ngrove of the finest cypress-trees we ever saw,\\nand were appropriating the valuable timber\\nto the manufacture of shingles, which shingles,\\nwe were informed, are almost as indestructible", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0150.jp2"}, "149": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\n127\\nas slate. These men were civil, full of char-\\nacter, and, in their way, not wanting in intel-\\nligence. How they manage to survive the\\ndiscomforts of their situation is difficult to\\nimagine, but they do exist the mosquitoes\\ndrawing from their bodies ever}^ useless drop\\nof blood, the low swamp malaria making the\\naccumulation of fat an impossibility, while the\\ndull surroundings of their life, to them most\\nmonotonous, cramp the intellect, until- they are\\nalmost as taciturn as the trees with which they\\nare associated. But their hut was a very\\nmodel of the picturesque and the smoulder-\\ning fire, over which their dinner-pot was cook-\\ning, sent up a wreath of blue smoke against\\nthe dark openings of the deep forest that gave\\na quiet charm, and a contrast of colors, diffi-\\ncult to sufficiently admire, and impossible to\\nbe conceived of in the mere speculations of\\nstudio life.\\nOne of our strangest experiences in these\\nmysterious regions was forced upon us one\\nmorning, when, thrusting our head through\\nthe hole that gave air to our sleeping-shelf,\\nwe saw a sight which caused us to rub our", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0151.jp2"}, "150": {"fulltext": "128 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\neyes, and gather up our senses, to be certain\\nwe were positively awake. Our rude craft\\nwas in a basin possibly a quarter of a mile in\\ndiameter, entirely surrounded by gigantic for-\\nest-trees, which repeated themselves with the\\nmost minute fidelity in the perfectly translu-\\ncent water. For sixty feet downward we\\ncould look, and at this great depth see dupli-\\ncated the scene of the upper world the clear-\\nness of the water assisting rather than inter-\\nfering with the vision. The bottom of this\\nDasin was silver sand, studded with pale emer-\\nalds, eccentric formations of lime-crystals a\\nbed of white coral in forms and color that re-\\nminded us of the cunningly-wrought silver\\nbaskets of Genoa. This, we soon learned, was\\nthe wonderful silver spring of which we had\\nheard so much, which every moment throws\\nout its thousands of gallons of water without\\nmaking a bubble on the surface.\\nProcuring a dug-out, provided with a\\ngun, and furnished with our drawing-ma-\\nterials, and a lunch that would answer for the\\nday, we deliberately proceeded to inform our\\nself of the mysteries of the spot. The trans-", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0152.jp2"}, "151": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\n129\\nparency of the water was ever a constant won-\\nder. A little pearly white shell, dropped from\\nour hand, worked its zigzag- way downward,\\nbecoming in its descent a mere emerald tint,\\nuntil, finding the bottom, it seemed to be a\\ngem destined forever to glisten in its silver\\nsetting.\\nNoticing the faintest possible movement on\\nthe surface of the basin at a certain point, we\\nconcluded that that must be over the place\\nwhere the great body of the water entered the\\nspring. So, paddling to the spot, and wrap-\\nping a stone weighing about eight ounces in\\na piece of white paper, we dropped it into the\\nwater at the place where the slightly percept-\\nible movement was visible. The stone went\\nperpendicularly down for some twenty-five\\nfeet, until it reached a slight projection of\\nlimestone rock, where it was suddenly, as if a\\nfeather in weight, forced upward in a curving\\nline some fifteen feet, showing the tremendous\\npower of the water that rushes out from the\\nrock buried under this bed of burning sand.\\nPerhaps the most novel and startling feature\\nwas when our craft came from the shade into", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0153.jp2"}, "152": {"fulltext": "130 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nthe sunshine, for then, looking over the sides\\nof the canoe, we recoiled at the sensation of\\nfloating in the air. For it seemed as if we\\nwere, by some miraculous power, suspended\\nseventy feet or more in the mid air, while\\ndown on the. sanded bottom was a sharp,\\nclear silhouette of man, boat, and paddle. A\\ndeep river a hundred feet wide is created by\\nthe water of this spring, which, in the course\\nof seven miles, forms a junction with the\\nOcklawaha, and then continues to run side by\\nside for another mile, without mixing its clear,\\npellucid water with the coffee-stained flow of\\nthe other stream, which, hke most of the riv-\\ners of Florida, is heavily charged vrith alluvial\\nand vegetable matter.\\nSuch are some of the wonders of the land\\ndiscovered by Ponce de Leon.\\nINDIAN RIVER.\\nThe sportsman can charter a Minorcan ves-\\nsel at St. Augustine, on reasonable terms, to\\ncarry him to the famous Indian River or, he\\ncan, if he prefers it, go up the St. John s to\\nEnterprise, and so reach the river.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0154.jp2"}, "153": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 131\\nThe following excellent description of\\nthe Indian River has been wi-itten for this\\nwork by Ziska, of the New York Sun\\nThe Indian River is a long, salt-water bay,\\nstretching down the eastern coast of Florida\\nlike the handle of a pen. A strip of sand,\\ncovered with scrub and cabbage palmettoes,\\nseparates it from the ocean. Towards the\\nmouth this beach is locked in b}^ a chain of\\nmangrove islands. From ten yards to ten\\nmiles wide, and about two hundred miles\\nlong, the river is as straight as an arrow. Its\\nwaters reach the ocean through inlets at Fort\\nCapron and Jupiter. The river is very shal-\\nlow, and admits only light-draught sail-boats.\\nFrom Jupiter, during the months of January\\nand February, trips can be made into the\\nEverglades. Then the water is high and^ if\\nthe tourist has a hght canoe, or even a good-\\nsized Whitehall boat, he can move over the\\nwhole lower part of the peninsula.\\nTen miles from its head, the Indian River\\nis joined to Mosquito Lagoon, through an\\nold canal dug by the Government during the\\nSeminole war. The lagoon is twenty-five", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0155.jp2"}, "154": {"fulltext": "132\\nGUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nmiles long, and from three to seven miles\\nwide. Hillsborough River connects the la-\\ngoon with the ocean. It joins the Halifax\\nat Mosquito Inlet, a mile north of New\\nSmyrna. The Halifax- is navigable within\\ntwelve miles of the Matanzas. Once on the\\nMatanzas, there is clean sailing to St. Augus-\\ntine. It is eighty miles from the old Spanish\\ncity to New Smyrna, and nearly three hun-\\ndred to Jupiter. The reader must bear in\\nmind that the Hillsborough, Halifax, and\\nIndian Eivers are really no rivers at all.\\nThey are simply salt-water bays, or sounds,\\nlike those lining the coasts of New Jersey\\nand North Carolina. They are too shallow\\nfor anything but sail-boats. To all practical\\nintents and purposes they are but one stream.\\nThey afford rare sport for sportsmen. Deer\\nare numerous at all times. They are smaller\\nthan our northern deer. Much of the deer-\\nhunting is done on horseback. The native\\nswamp ponies dash through the palmetto\\nscrub with extraordinary swiftness. Many\\ndeer are shot on the beach. With a good\\nguide who knows the drives, the most veri-", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0156.jp2"}, "155": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 1^3\\ntable greenhorn may kill an animal. Excel-\\nlent guides, dogs, and horses can be procured\\nat New Smyrna, Port Orange, and Sand\\nPoint. In 1873, Mr. A. J. Alexander, of\\nKentucky, killed thirty deer in six weeks\\nwithin six miles of New Smyrna. In 1874,\\nLord Parker, the Earl of Dunraven, and a bro-\\nther of Canon Kingsley, went from the head\\nof Indian River down to Jupiter Inlet, hunt-\\ning at various points on the way. I heard\\nfrom them at Merritt s Island, Fort Capron,\\nand Jupiter, and am satisfied that they must\\nhave shot, at least, a score of deer. During\\nthe same season, Mr. Arthur Benson, Presi-\\ndent of the Brooklyn Gas Company, secured\\neight deer in two weeks on the beach in the\\nvicinity of Smyrna. It is no exaggeration to\\nsay that an energetic hunter, with good\\nguides and dogs, can average a deer a day at\\nnearly any point between the head of the\\nHalifax and the mouth of the Indian River.\\nFire-hunting is particularly good.\\nWild-cats are not scarce, and occasionally\\na ferocious puma is killed. The wild-cats\\nweigh from eighteen to thirty pounds. The", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0157.jp2"}, "156": {"fulltext": "134 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\npumas are nearly as large and dangerous as\\nroyal Bengal tigers. In February and March,\\n1874, thirteen wild-cats were killed between\\nNew Smyrna and the foot of Merritt s Is-\\nland. During the latter part of December,\\n1873, a puma, weighing over two hundred\\nand forty pounds, and measuring nine feet\\nfour inches from its snout to the tip of its tail,\\nwas shot but a few miles back of Elbow\\nCreek. The skin was purchased by the Man\\nBrothers, of Bergen Point, and, I presume,\\ngraces the parlors of the Argonauta Rowing\\nClub. Mr. Armour, keeper of Jupiter light,\\nhas slain several pumas, and has had some\\nnarrow escapes.\\nBears are picked up in December, but dur-\\ning January and February they are in Winter\\nquarters. In March and April they re-ap-\\npear, and in May they flock to the ocean\\nbeach in great numbers in search of turtle\\neggs. Nothing can be more inspiriting than\\na moonlight bear-hunt on the beach. The\\nbears are the common black and cinnamon\\nbears, so well known to hunters in the Rocky\\nMountains.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0158.jp2"}, "157": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\n135\\nSmaller g-ame, such as coons and opossums,\\nand gray, black, and fox squirrels overrun\\nthe country. Natives scorn to waste their\\npowder upon them. The coons and opos-\\nsums steal more chickens than the colored\\nvoters.\\nDuck shooting is unsurpassed. In Feb-\\nruary and March the marshes along Mosquito\\nLagoon and Banana Creek are alive with\\nthese wild fowl. I have seen millions of them\\nwithin a space a mile square. By one shot I\\nhave killed five different species teal, mal-\\nlard, gray widgeon, baldpates, and the big,\\nblack EngHsh duck. There are no canvas-\\nbacks, but I believe all other classes are rep-\\nresented. Though a famous place for ducks\\nearly in the season, Mosquito Lagoon is not\\nequal to New Found Harbor. At the latter\\npoint the sky is fairly peppered, and the\\nmarshes are paved with them.. Indeed, ducks\\ncan be found here at almost any season of the\\nyear. The St. Lucie River is another great\\nresort for ducks. Here they feed in the\\ncoarse manatee grass, in flocks, miles in ex-\\ntent.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0159.jp2"}, "158": {"fulltext": "136 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nIn February and March, New Found Har-\\nbor is frequented by clouds of ermine peli-\\ncans. These birds are inexpressibly shy.\\nThey can be approached only at night, and\\neven then it is a piece of rare luck to shoot\\none. They roost upon desolate islands and\\npeninsulas of sand, where there is no oppor-\\ntunity for a hunter s concealment. The\\nermine pelican is of high caste. It will not\\naffiliate with a gray pelican, and refuses to\\nrecognize any other member of the feathered\\ntribe. Its plumage is soft and beautiful.\\nOpera cloaks, fashioned from the skins, are\\nsold at fabulous figures.\\nRoseate spoonbills, or pink curlew, can\\nbe found as early as March and April; though\\nnot in large numbers. In March, 1874, Pro-\\nfessor Jenckes, of Brown University, discov-\\nered a roost on Ten-Mile Creek, back of Fort\\nCapron, and secured twenty fine specimens.\\nThis rare bird, however, is nearly extermi-\\nnated. Their skins bring from ten to twenty\\ndollars. Their roosts are ruthlessly destroyed,\\nand they are shot without regard to time or\\ncondition. They lay but two eggs, and no", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0160.jp2"}, "159": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 137\\nopportunity for increase is afforded. Num-\\nbers are killed and thrown aside because of\\nimperfections. During Sir Francis Sykes\\nvisit to Indian River he sent to England one\\nhundred and sixty-eight perfect roseate spoon-\\nbills, but it is calculated that he shot over five\\nhundred to secure this number. Dr. Wittfeld\\nsays, that in 1870 he saw hundreds of pink\\ncurlew feeding in the shallow waters of\\nBanana River. In 1871 they had dwindled to\\nless than a hundred. In 1872 he counted but\\ntwenty-seven, and in 1873 but seven, and\\namong the latter not one perfect bird.\\nSnipe are not plentiful in the vicinity of\\nthe Indian River. In my two winters visit I\\nsaw very few. Guides say I am mistaken\\nbut I choose to write from personal observa-\\ntion. Native hunters shoot nothing smaller\\nthan ducks and turkeys. They would as\\nsoon shoot a phebe bird as a snipe.\\nQuail frequent certain spots in great num-\\nbers. The natives call them partridges but\\nthere are no partridges in Florida.\\nWild turkeys are quite thick, especially\\ndown on Lake Worth. In March they were", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0161.jp2"}, "160": {"fulltext": "I 38 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nSO noisy down there that I found it impossible\\nto sleep after daybreak. Turkeys, however,\\nare shrewd birds. A novice will find it much\\neasier to kill a deer. Dogs are frequently\\nused to tree them, and none but experienced\\nhunters bring them in.\\nBut few alligators are seen on the upper\\nIndian River, though they grow to an im-\\nmense size on the St. Lucie and Jupiter\\nRiver, and other tributaries. Lake Worth\\nand the Everglades are filled with them. It\\nis not unusual to find them from twelve to\\nfourteen feet in length. Old Captain Dum-\\nmitt vouched for one twenty feet long.\\nSnowy herons, Spanish curlew, sickle-bills,\\ngray pelicans, oyster- birds, shearwaters, ma-\\njors, eagles, snake-birds, ivory-bills, parro-\\nquets, doves, chick-wills, men-of-war hawks,\\nibises, ganets, cormorants, and similar birds\\ncan be shot at every turn. The snowy owl\\nand king vulture have been brought down on\\nthe shore of Lake Worth. The Indian River\\nis certainly a paradise for ornithologists.\\nFishing on the Indian River is unsurpassed.\\nThat great game fish, the channel bass, or red-", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0162.jp2"}, "161": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 13^\\nfish, is taken in all its glory. I caught one, at\\nthe foot of Merritt s Island, weighing forty-\\neight pounds. While staying with Dr. Witt-\\nfeld, at the mouth of New Found Harbor, I\\ntook over thirty, none going lower than\\neighteen pounds. One weighed thirty-eight,\\nand was exactly four feet long. This was in\\nApril last. I averaged three of these large\\nfish a day. They are caught while still-fish-\\ning, and without chumming. Bass make\\ntheir appearance only in February, and be-\\ncome numerous as the season advances. The\\nlargest ones are taken at the foot of Merritt s\\nIsland.\\nNew Smyrna is the best fishing-ground for\\nsheepshead, grouper, king-fish, etc. The\\ngrouper is even more gamey than a bass.\\nVisitors to Smyrna also meet a fine run of\\nbass in February and the Spring months.\\nThey run from two to twenty pounds. The\\nsheepshead fishing is good in December and\\nJanuary. Boats, men, and bait can always be\\nprocured at the hotel.\\nFort Capron is an excellent fishing-ground.\\nIndian River Inlet makes in here through a", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0163.jp2"}, "162": {"fulltext": "140 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nnest of mangrove islands, and fairly swarms\\nwith fish. Snappers, sheepshead, salt-water\\ntrout, croakers, bass, and sargeant-fish can be\\ncaught all the year round. Judge Paine\\nentertains travelers in good style, but boats\\nand guides should be secured at New Smyrna\\nor Sand Point.\\nThe most notable spot for fishermen is\\nJupiter. The traveler, however, will find no\\naccommodations. He must control a guide\\nand boat, and camp out. Fish fairly choke\\nthe inlet. Schools of bluefish, pompino, and\\ncavallo lash its waters into a foam. The\\nstrongest tackle is in momentary danger of\\nbeing carried away. Men absolutely tire of\\nworking the reel. Their arms swell with the\\ncontinual strain, and what is called sport be-\\ncomes the hardest kind of work. From\\nJupiter, parties can organize for a menatee\\nhunt. These amphibious monsters sometimes\\nweigh 2,000 pounds.\\nThe climate of the Indian River is delight-\\nful. There is but little frost, and below Jupi-\\nter, on the ocean side of Lake Worth, none at\\nall. Invalids will find scanty accommodations", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0164.jp2"}, "163": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 141\\nbeyond Sand Point but, if they can put up\\nwith Httle inconveniences, no spot in Florida\\nis more healthy.\\nPersons owning their own sail-boats had\\nbetter reach the Indian River via New\\nSmyrna, which has weekly communication\\nwith Jacksonville by coast-wise schooners.\\nThey can ship their boats from Jacksonville\\nand go to Smyrna via Enterprise.\\nPersons without boats should go direct to\\nNew Smyrna or Sand Point, where boats and\\nguides can be procured. At Port Orange\\nand Daytona similar arrangements can be\\nmade. From personal knowledge, I can rec-\\nommend Dr. Fox, Bartolo C. Pacetti, Frank\\nSams, Dolph Sheldon, and Mr. Lewis as trust-\\nworthy guides at New Smyrna. They are\\nmen who will do what they agree to do. Mr.\\nBostrum, opposite Daytona, is also an excel-\\nlent guide. The great trouble with many of\\nt:he guides is their inordinate fondness for\\nliquor. Guides can also be secured at Sand\\nPoint; but having never tried them, I could\\nnot fully vouch for them. Mr. Hammond\\ncarries parties dow^n to Jupiter and Lake", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0165.jp2"}, "164": {"fulltext": "142\\nGUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nWorth in the largest sail-boat on Indian\\nRiver. He is a gentleman, whose word is as\\ngood as gold. Guides and boats can be pro-\\ncured for three dollars a day. The traveler\\nmust find the provisions. These he can buy\\nin stores at Port Orange, New Smyrna, and\\nSand Point. The guide generally furnishes\\ntent, musquito-bars, blankets, and cooking\\nutensils but it would be well for the sports-\\nman to carry his own tent, bars and blankets.\\nLet me describe a trip down the river. We\\nwill say the traveler goes to New Smyrna\\nfrom Enterprise. It necessitates a ride of\\nthirty-two miles through the piny woods.\\nHard stories are told concerning the hard-\\nships on the route. I have been over it three\\ntimes, and find it really pleasant. The fare is\\nsix dollars. The trip is made in from six to\\nnine hours, according to the nature of the\\nconveyance. New Smyrna boasts an excel-\\nlent hotel, kept by Col. E. K. Lowd. Board,\\n$3 per day, or $14 per week. After hunting\\nand fishing in the vicinity to his heart s con-\\ntent, the traveler secures his guide, and starts\\nfor the Indian River. The wind and tide are", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0166.jp2"}, "165": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA. 143\\nfair. Sailing up the Hillsborough, he passes\\nBird Island and the beautiful Sisters. By\\nnoon he passes the wonderful Turtle Mound,\\na monument of a shadowy age and a lost\\npeople. It looms upon the horizon like a\\npillar of Hercules. Through the tortuous\\nDevil s Elbow the tourist sails into Mosquito\\nLagoon, with its beds of coral and shoals of\\ndrumfish. The camp of the live-oak cutters\\nis well worth a visit. It is in this wilderness\\nthat the live-oak is obtained for the United\\nStates navy. Late in the afternoon we ap-\\nproach the Haulover, or canal leading into\\nthe Indian River. The guide points out the\\ncurious umbrella-tree, which marks the line\\nof the canal. Much that is interesting will\\nbe seen in the Haulover, which is cut through\\nthe soft coquinarock. Dummitt s magnificent\\norange grove, containing several thousand\\nfull-bearing trees, is two miles on our left.\\nThrough the canal, a sail of ten miles brings\\nus to Sand Point, where Col. Titus, of Kansas\\nand Nicaragua fame, keeps a good hotel.\\nHere we rest a day or two.\\nThe wind being fair, we cross the Indian", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0167.jp2"}, "166": {"fulltext": "144\\nGUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nRiver, enter Banana Creek, and camp, say at\\nPepper Hammock. Here we find good deer\\nand duck shooting, with an occasional wild-\\ncat and bear. A week can be spent very\\npleasantly. Hoisting sail again, we enter\\nBanana River. The sky is filled with pelicans\\nand curlew. We glide past the lovely De\\nSoto orange grove, and stop at Burnham s\\ncelebrated grove. Canaveral light-house is\\nfive miles distant. It is well worth a visit.\\nOnce more we are off. Bear Hammock glis-\\ntens on the horizon. We sweep round\\nGeorge s Island, cross the mouth of New\\nFound Harbor, and reach Dr. Wittfeld s.\\nPlain, substantial accommodations are fiar-\\nnished for $2.50 per day, or $12 per week.\\nHunting and fishing are good.\\nFrom Wittfeld s the wind wafts us to the\\nlower end of Merritt s Island, the finest camp-\\ning-ground in Eastern Florida. The largest\\nbass are taken at this point. Here we enter\\nIndian River. The scenery is magnificent.\\nBy noon w^e course past the island known as\\nGrant s Farm, and the bluffs of the St. Sebas-\\ntian, meet the eye. Here we enter the Indian", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0168.jp2"}, "167": {"fulltext": "GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\n145\\nRiver Narrows, where the largest oysters in\\nthe world can be picked up. Twenty miles\\nfrom the Narrows, and we reach Fort Ca-\\npron. Judge Paine furnishes superior ac-\\ncommodations at $3 per day, or $15 per week.\\nThree or four days should be spent fishing in\\nthe inlet.\\nWith a good breeze we are off for Jupiter.\\nThe scenery grows more beautiful. The\\nmangrove islands look like great banks of\\narbor vitse, and the palmettoes attain a luxu-\\nriance unknown in any other part of Florida.\\nAs we cross the glorious bay of the St. Lucie,\\nJupiter Narrows, with its wonderful groves\\nof mangrove and rubber-trees, bursts upon\\nour view. Tropical beauties bloom on all\\nsides. The sail through the Narrows un-\\nvails captivating novelties. Passing through\\nan arch of rubber-trees, we enter Hope\\nSound, and in three hours are at Jupiter.\\nWe fish and hunt until exhausted and then,\\nif the traveler is disposed to go further, enter\\nthe Everglades, and continue our journey to\\nLake Worth, where perpetual summer crowns\\nthe ever-green fofiage.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0169.jp2"}, "168": {"fulltext": "146 GUIDE TO FLORIDA.\\nEXCURSIONS.\\nFrom St. Augustine and Enterprise, many\\nexcursions can be made, with perfect safety,\\ninto an almost unexplored region abounding\\nin fish and game and one s time whether in\\na sojourn of a few weeks, or during an entire\\nwinter be most agreeably occupied in Flo-\\nrida.\\nThere are many quite important points in\\nFlorida, in a business point of view, not\\ntouched upon in this work; but we believe we\\nhave here given all that interests the general\\nreader, or the seeker after health or recreation\\nin relation to Florida.\\nFINIS.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0170.jp2"}, "169": {"fulltext": "First-Class New-York Built Steamers\\nConnect at CHARLESTON and SAVANNAH with the\\nNew York Steamers and Northern Trains for\\nSAVANNAH,\\nFERNANDINA,\\nJACKSONVILLE,\\nSt. AUGUSTINE,\\nHIBERNIA,\\nMA GNOLIA\\nGREEN CO VE Springs,\\nPALATKA,\\nINCLUDING ALL LANDINGS ON THE ST. JOHN S RIVER.\\nCONNECT AT PALATKA WITH STEAMERS FOR ENTERPRISE,\\nMELLONVILLE, SANFORD, AND INDIAN RIVER, ALSO\\nWITH STEAMERS FOR THE OCKLAWAHA RIVER.\\nA Bufficient number of the Choicest State-Rooms axe reserved for\\nPassengers by the NEW i ORK STEAMERS.\\nPassengers will find on these Steamers every comfort and convenience\\na fii st-class table, and polite and attentive employees.\\nFor Freight or passage, apply in New York to Agents of Charleston and\\nSavannah Steamship Lines.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0171.jp2"}, "170": {"fulltext": "Jhe blCJ/lTOll ajid CIJY fOlfiJ\\nhave during the Summer been elegantly refurnished, and\\nput in the most thorough order, nothing being left un-\\ndone to provide every comfort and convenience. The\\ntraveler will bear in mind they land him at the very\\ndoors of the following hotels, without change of con-\\nveyance.\\nSAVANNAH.\\nPuiiASKE House, Screven House, Pavilion Hotel\\nand Marshall House.\\nFERNANDINA.\\nRldell House, and numerous BoARDiNa Houses.\\nJACKSONVILLE.\\nNational, St. James Hotel, Metropolitan Hotel,\\nSt. John s House, Mrs. Day s, Mrs. Atkin s, Mrs. Stock-\\nton s and Mrs. Bufpington s.\\nHIBERNIA.\\nMrs. Fleming s.\\nGREEN COVE SPRINGS.\\nUnion Hotel and Clarendon Hotel.\\nTHE HOTEL AT MAGNOLIA.\\nPALATKA.\\nSt. John s Hotel and Putnam Hotel.\\nAt Tocoi landing passengers at the Cars for\\nSt. Augustine^ taking them direct to St. Augustine\\nHotel, Magnolia House, Florida House, and the\\nnumerous Boarding Houses of the Ancient City.\\nConnecting at Palatka with Steamers taking the\\npassengers to Brock s Hotel, Enterprise, and the\\nvarious Boarding Houses at MELLONVILLE.\\nBy this direct communication the traveler is saved\\ngreat perplexity and trouble.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0172.jp2"}, "171": {"fulltext": "nnagb Mmllrmi WMkeU\\nTO\\nFLORIDA\\nRECEIVED ON THESE\\n^tectiiqef^ ii\\\\ f^k;yn\\\\ei\\\\t of f^k^^k^e\\nAND\\nIS MADE\\nF or IMIeauls or Stsite-iRooins.\\nAn attentive Stewardess is charged with the care of\\nLADIES and CHILDREN^ whose duty it is to see\\nthem provided with every comfort.\\nEach Steamer is provided with a well-filled Medicine\\nChesty and the attendants^ accustomed to the wants of\\ninvalids^ will at all times be found cheerfully to give their\\nassistance when called upon.\\nThese Steamers being heated by Steam^ a pleasant uni^\\nform temperature is maintained during the Winter\\nMonths in Saloons and State-Rooms,", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0173.jp2"}, "172": {"fulltext": "Whether pleasure- seekers or invalids^ will find the route\\nhy the DICTATOR and CITY POINT the most en-\\njoyable and the least expensive j it is the only route by which\\nthe beautiful scenery of the lower St. John s River can\\nbe viewed^ with the many points rendered interesting^ as\\nthe scenes of the earliest settlements on the Continenty and\\nof the many bloody struggles between the French and\\nSpaniards.\\nThose traveling with invalids ladies or children^ will\\nparticularly appreciate the trouble and anxiety avoided^ by\\nbeing carried direct to their destination without several\\ntimes having to shift bag gage etc., etc.\\nThe steamers are of the safest description^ especially\\nadapted to the service fitted with every comfort and con-\\nvenience\u00e2\u0080\u0094 ^clean^ comfortable State Rooms a table provided\\nwith every luxury of the Charleston^ Savannah and Flor-\\nida markets^ and equal to that of any first-class hotel.\\nThe DICTATOR and CITY POINT are com-\\nmanded by officers who have spent their lives in the\\nFlorida trade, and they, as well as all the employees on the\\nSteamers, will take pleasure in giving every information\\nto visitors, and to those intending to settle in Florida,\\nGoods and Packages will be forwarded by the Agents,\\nfree of commission.\\n3EiA.T^E]VEIL. OO., ^g-emtss,\\nCharleston, South Carolina.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0174.jp2"}, "173": {"fulltext": "TAKE THE GREAT\\nSOUTHERN FREIGHT,\\nAND\\nPASSENGER \u00c2\u00abINE,\\nFOR CHARLESTON, S. C,\\nANB THE\\nSailing from Pier 29, North Eiver, at 3 p. m., every\\nTUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SATURDAY.\\nThrough Passage Tickets and Bills of Lading issued at lowest rates.\\nFOR LOCAL FREIGHT AND PASSAGE TO ALL POINTS,\\nAPPLY TO\\nJAMES W. QUINTARD CO.,\\nITT West Street, cor. Warren.\\nFOR THROTJGH FREIGHT TARIFF AND RATES\\nAPPLY TO\\nBENTLEY D. HASELL,\\nGeneral Agent Great Southern Freight Line,\\n317 BROADTl^Air.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0175.jp2"}, "174": {"fulltext": "The Magnificent Side- Wheel Steamships\\nMANHA TTAN,\\nM. S. Woodhull, Commander,\\nCHAMPION,\\nR. W, Lockwood,\\nCHARLESTON,\\nJames Berry,\\nJAMES ADGER,\\nT. J. Lockwood,\\nGEORGIA,\\nHolmes,\\nSOUTH CAROLINA,\\nCrowell,\\nI ekve ]\\\\few Yofk fof dlqkfle^toii, 0. d.,\\n^T 3 P cLock: f*. jVL., from J^iep^ 29 ]N[.\\nconnecting with the Charleston and Florida steamships DICTATOE and\\nCITY POINT for Jacksonville, St, Augustine, and other points in\\nFlorida.\\nThis i_a the shortest and pleasantest sea route. Travelers have the option\\nof remaining in Charleston at their convenience, and reviewing the historic\\nand other points of interest in and around Charleston. These steamships\\nalso connect with the trains on the South-Carolina Eailroad for AIKEN,\\nS. C, AUGUSTA, Ga., and all points south.\\nTHEOTTGH TICKETS TO ALL POINTS IN FLORIDA, SOUTH CAROLINA, GEOBQIA,\\nALABAMA, AND TENNESSEE MAT BE OBTAINED AT THE OFnCB\\nOF THE NEW TORK AGENTS.\\nJAMES W. QUINTARD Co., JAMES ADGER CO.,\\n117 West St., Cor. Warren. Agents at Charleston, S. Carolina.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0176.jp2"}, "175": {"fulltext": "^^%m oUVSi^ilK I iJi^K^fiV\\nAND\\nVIA\\nSAVANNAH, Go.,\\nPOB\\nF Is m 1 B\\nAND ALL\\nrOINTS in the SOUTH and SOUTH-WEST.\\nf\\nOne of the following First-ClasB Steamships will sail every other day as\\nfollows, punctually at 3 o clock, p. m.\\nEVEKY TUESDAY,\\nFrom Pier 1 6, E. E., foot of Wall St.,\\nI 1^0 k Vli{(^0, of MtiA ^yV I iiie,\\nMurray, Ferris Co., Agents, 61 and 62 South St.\\nEVERY THURSDAY,\\nFrom Pier 43, N. R.\\nEVERY SATURDAY,\\nFrom Pier 43, KR.\\n0S]\\\\r 0Si vsf)of{ 0SK jSdi r\u00c2\u00a5o,\\nW. R. Garrison, Agent, 5 Bowling Green.\\nMaking close connections at Savannah, with Central R. R., Ga\\nAtlantic and Gulf R. R., and Steamboats for St. John s River and\\nFlorida.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0177.jp2"}, "176": {"fulltext": "^^^^AMM.BmD\\nlyl ^fe (1|\\nWUB\u00c2\u00a7W mMS9g Bte.\\nNo. 201 East Bay Street, Charleston, S. C,\\nAND\\nNo. 8 Whitaker Street, Savannah, Ga.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0178.jp2"}, "177": {"fulltext": "^QS^I^^^^O-]iy^- ^^^oliiik.\\nThis well-known and popular first-class Hotels situat-\\ned in the Centre of the City, and also in the centre of\\nthe Wholesale Business Houses^ affords facilities, com-\\nforts and attention to Travelers for pleasure, and\\nMerchajits on business, second to no7ie in the United\\nStates.\\nHaving been recently thoroughly repaired and newly\\nftirnished throughout, the Proprietor pledges himself to\\nspare no pains in its management to maintain the high\\nreputation heretofore enjoyed by the old CHAKIjESTON\\nas a first-class house.\\nE. H. JACKSON, Prop r.\\nGerieral Railway amd Steamship Ticket Office.\\nThrough Tickets sold by Rail to all points in the\\nUnited States, and by Rail or Steamship to Baltimore,\\nPliiladelpliia and New York.\\nA. BUTTERFIELI), General Ticket Agent,\\nCHARLESTON HOTEL.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0179.jp2"}, "178": {"fulltext": "Pkrilioq Sotel,\\nCHAKLESTOIf, S. C.\\nThis house, having been newly furnished and painted\\nthroughout, and having the Celebrated Artesian Water\\nintroduced on every floor, is now open for the reception\\nof guests. The apartments are spacious, well ventilated,\\nand thoroughly adapted to the comfort of the traveling\\npublic.\\nArtesian Baths having been established in connec-\\ntion with this house, makes it particularly desirable for\\niNYAiiLDS, and the traveling public generally.\\nThe proprietors have spared neither trouble nor ex-\\npense in making this house equal to any of its size in\\nthe South, and trust, by strict attention, to merit a share\\nof public patronage.\\nA FniST-CiiAss Livery Stable is connected with the\\nHotel, and Om.nibuses and Carriages for the conveyance\\nof passengers, will be in attendance at all the Steamboat\\nLandings and Kail-road Depots.\\nGEO. T. AL.FORD CO., Proprietors.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0180.jp2"}, "179": {"fulltext": "25;9\\nHti^rlg\\nVi\\n\\\\m%t,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0fi\\n,^-^T,\\nENLARGED, IMPROVED, AND REFURNISHED.\\nFavorable rates made to parties remaining one week or more.\\nNo. 284 KING STREET,\\nNext to Masonic Temple,\\nCharleston, S. C.\\ndomfoi^tkble ^ooiq^\\nAKD\\nl{x6ellent \u00c2\u00a5kble.\\nBOARD $2.00 PER DAY.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0181.jp2"}, "180": {"fulltext": "S^ANCY G^OODS\\nAND\\n\u00c2\u00a50Y\\nAZAAR,\\nOliarleston^ S. O.\\nThe largest and most beautiful collection of Rich Fancy\\nGoods, for\\nteJJipg, Kftliday aiid holiday ffe^ept?.\\nToys, Dolls, In and Out-door Games, China- Ware, Children s\\nCarriages, French Confectionery, Prize-boxes, Fire-Works,\\netc. India Rubber Goods, such as Clothing, Nursery,\\nSheeting, etc.\\ndf o(|uet G^ctme^, from $1^ ti|) to $^5\\nI BIi SET.\\nPrice Lists sent on application. Orders respectfully\\nsolicited. Address\\nFRED VON SANTEN,\\n2S5 King Street,\\n(Opposite Masonic Temple.) CHARLESTON, S. O.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0182.jp2"}, "181": {"fulltext": "PULASKI HOUSE,\\nJohnson Square^\\nSAVANNAH, GA.,\\nFacing South, with a Frontage of 27 S Feet.\\nS. N. PAPOT Co., Proprietors.\\nThis well-known hotel, which has always been considered\\nthe leading hotel in Savannah, and one of the best in the\\nSouth, is pleasantly located in the central portion of the city,\\non Johnson Square, with a southern front, which is a matter\\nof no small importance in this climate. In consequence of the\\ndeath of the late proprietor. Major W. H. Wiltberger, the\\nhotel has fallen into the hands of Messrs. S. N. Papot Co.\\nand the new proprietors have made many changes and im-\\nprovements. The whole house has been thoroughly painted\\ninside and out, and otherwise renovated and such alterations\\nhave been made in the interior arrangements as must add to\\nits attractions and conduce to the comfort of the guests.\\nAt this hotel every convenience is offered to the traveling\\npublic in the way of Ticket Office for all the Railroads and\\nSteamboats Telegraph Office, etc., and here also Sleeping-\\ncar tickets can be procured. The table is furnished with the\\nbest meats, poultry, and game to be procured in the Boston,\\nNew York, and Baltimore markets, and our corps of cooks is\\nunsurpassed by any in the country.\\nIf kind and courteous treatment, comfortable rooms, and a\\ngood table offer any inducements to our friends going South,\\neither for health, pleasure, or business, we think we can safely\\nrecommend them to patronize the Pulaski during their sojourn\\nin Savannah.\\nS. N. PAPOT CO.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0183.jp2"}, "182": {"fulltext": "SCEEYEN HOUSE\\nR. BRADLEY, Proprietor.\\nSavsLiiiigilij Oeorgisi.\\nThis long and favorably known house is situated in Johnson\\nSquare, a most desirable, convenient, and pleasant location, and\\nhas just been thoroughly renovated, repaired, and repainted,\\nand its organization in all its departments being complete.\\nThe table at all times being supplied w^ith the best that the\\nnorthern and home markets afford, which, with first-class\\nBilliard and Bar Rooms, Barber Shop and Bathing Saloons,\\nwith polite and efficient attendants, render it a strictly first-\\nclass house, not surpassed by any in the Southern States.\\nThose who have patronized, are assured that it is kept up\\nto its past standard those who have not are invited to do so,\\nwith the assurance that every thing possible will be done for\\ntheir comfort.\\nParticular attention will be given to letters and telegrams\\nfor reserved rooms, or to securing sleeping berths in R.R. Cars,\\nor State-Rooms on Steamers. Comfortable omnibusses and\\ncarriages from the house will be found at all arriving Steamers\\nand Trains.\\nThrough passengers should take the Screven House\\nOmnibusses.\\nR\u00c2\u00ab BRADLEY, Proprietor.\\n1\\nJ", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0184.jp2"}, "183": {"fulltext": "Mm\u00c2\u00ab\\nQ\u00c2\u00a7llmilm Q\\nor\\nD. G. AMBLER\\nJ^^^sonrilie\\nSEALEB IN\\no^\\nXCHANGE, f TOCKS, JoNDS, ^OTY.^\\\\\\nSpecial Attention given to Investments for Capitalists!\\nIi\\\\tei^e^t Allowed oi\\\\ \u00c2\u00a9epo^it^.\\nVisitors to Florida afforded every possible facility.\\nDrafts on Northern Cities cashed on favorable terms.\\nEvery information cheerfully afforded the Tourist or\\nInvalid as to the various Winter J^esorts of Florida\\nroutes of travel, etc., etc. Our files of Northern papers\\nmay at all times be consulted.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0185.jp2"}, "184": {"fulltext": "THE\\n^T. JAMES SOTELi\\n(Fronting St. James Park^\\nOPEN FKOM NOVEMBER TO MAY.\\n^^^\\\\irJS St. Tames Hotel has accommodations for ^oo\\niflf 1 1(0\\n\\\\I^^ guests. Its location is the finest in Florida. A new\\n^r^^^ wing^ no feet by /^6 feet, three stories high,\\nwith spacious parlors on the first-floor, and large airy\\nsleepifig rooms with fire place in each, on the second and\\nthird floors, has been added during the past Summer. The\\nentire house has been refurnished in first-class style with\\nsofa-spring beds and best hair mattresses.\\nFamilies and others seeking the delightful climate of\\nFlorida will find the St. James a comfortable home for\\nthe winter.\\nJ. R. CAMPBELL J. N. ANDREWS,\\nGENERAL MANAGERS.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0186.jp2"}, "185": {"fulltext": "AiroiAi lifit\\nJAOHSOITVILLB.\\n^DeOKGK ^ct^INLKY, ^KOPKIXTOK.\\nThe National, recently completed is now\\nopen for the reception of guests. Its situa-\\ntion is unrivalled, commanding a magnificent\\nview of the St. John s River,- and convenient to\\nthe steamer landings and railroad depot.\\nVisitors will find here every comfort, large,\\nfinely furnished, and well-ventilated apartments,\\nand an excellent table.\\nBath rooms, billiard room, livery stable, etc.,\\nattached to hotel. In fact, every requisite of a\\nfirst-class house.\\nGEORGE McGINLEY, Proprietor.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0187.jp2"}, "186": {"fulltext": "VIetropolitan Sotel,\\nSuilt of Bfidk, jVew \u00c2\u00a5l\\\\fou^out.\\nI^loridaI^and Agency,\\nJacksonville, Fla,\\nC. L. ROBINSON, Proprietor.\\nAttorney at Law. Commissioner U. S. Circuit\\nCourt. Special Commissioner U. S. Court\\nClaims. Publisher Florida Land\\nKegister.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0188.jp2"}, "187": {"fulltext": ":^t. JoW:^ Sou^e,\\nJACKSOJ^VILLE, Fla.\\nMrs. E. HUBNAIili, Proprietress.\\nMRS. BUFFINGTON,\\n-^^w\\nJACKSONVILLE^ FLA,\\nGUESTS WILL FIND EVERY COMFORT.\\ncademy of St. Joseph,\\nMOTHET^ SIDOISriEPt, Sup.\\nThe Sisters of St. Joseph have a separate house for\\nthe accommodation of persons desiring to spend the\\nwinter.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0189.jp2"}, "188": {"fulltext": "MRS. S. E. DAY,\\ntTACKSOTfriLLE, FLA.\\nmmm\\nFORSYTH STREET.\\nrfirkte Sokfdii)\\nJ\\nAT\\nMrs. A. V. C. ATKIWSj\\nMONROE STREET, 1st Doorfrom Market St.,\\nJACKSONVILLE, EAST FLOMIBA.\\nMRS. STOCKTON,\\nJACKSONVILLE, Fla.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0190.jp2"}, "189": {"fulltext": "5 T O G ATI\\nDEALER IN FOREIGN\\nIMPORTER OF FINE\\nExcursio7t Parties fitted out with every requisite for\\nextended trips to the Interior.\\nProprietor of the Metropolitan Billiard Saloon, where\\nvisitors will find tables of the celebrated makers, both\\nPocket and Carom. Liquors of our own importation\\nfurnished at the bar.\\nThe large Hall in the building can be secured on rea-\\nsonable terms for Concerts, Theatrical Representations,\\netc., etc.\\nJ. B. TOG^ISri.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0191.jp2"}, "190": {"fulltext": "C. B. McCLENNY S STABLES\\nJacksonville, Fla.,\\nOPPOSITE SAINT JAMES METEOPOLITAN HOTELS.\\nhUM C/ltihl/l(it?, Ot^t)! CLOjt,\\nTo Ziet, with Careful 2 rirers,\\nHorses, Buggies Saddle-Horses\\nFFRNISHED AT THE SHORTEST NOTICE.\\nOmnibuses, Hacks and Baggage Wagons meet aU Boats and Trains.\\nSpecial attentioli paid to orders left at either Stable\\nfor Passengers or Baggage.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0192.jp2"}, "191": {"fulltext": "DAMON GREENLEAF,\\nJACKSONVILLE, Fla.,\\nDEALER IN\\ntotclie3, clock, Jewelry, ?oliil jilVer,\\nAJSD\\ni\\nWatches, Clocks and Jewelry Repaired Warranted.\\nFLORIDA CURIOSITIES.\\nDo not fail while in Florida, to visit Greenleaf s\\nMuseum of Florida Curiosities, connected with Grreen-\\nleaf s Jewelry Store, opposite the Market.\\nConstantly on hand, the largest stock in the State of\\nea Beans, mounted in every style; Alligator Heads,\\nAlligator Teeth, carved and mounted; Orange, Royal\\nPalm, Palmetto, Break-axe, Mangrove, and other Canes.\\nPink Curlew Wings, Egret and Heron Plumes; Fla-\\nmingo and Fawn Plumes Sea SheUs and Coral Alligator\\nEggs, etc., etc.\\nSole Agent for the celebrated Bahamian Shell- Work.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0193.jp2"}, "192": {"fulltext": "f)RY AND J^ANCY G^OODS.\\nPUROHGOTT, BENEDICT OO. S\\nKNOWN AS THE\\nVl[Q ii\\\\o^t beautiful ki\\\\(i fii\\\\e^t ^tof e ii\\\\ tl^e 0tkte.\\nJg^T STBJEET^ Jacksonville^ Ma.\\nBrancli of CHAKLESTON HOUSE, 275 King St.\\nNew York OflRce, 86 Leonard Street.\\n^almx:tto ^ats,\\nCarpets and Matting, a Specialty.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0194.jp2"}, "193": {"fulltext": "mJMLK\\nJACKSONVILLE, Fla.,\\nHardware,\\nIron and Steel,\\nEdge Tools,\\nTable and Pocket Cutlery,\\nNails, Glue,\\nPutty, Glass,\\nPaints, Oils,\\nLeather Belting,\\nRubber Packing,\\nStoves, Tinware,\\nCrockery, Pumps\\n^m M MW) m%m m^m,\\nDOORS, SASHES, BLINDS, MOULDINGS, SUGAR MILLS,\\nEVAPORATORS, ETC.\\nCras Fitting, Roofing, Jobbing, and Tin Smltliing\\ndone to Order.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0195.jp2"}, "194": {"fulltext": "E. F. WEBSTER CO.,\\nDRUGGISTS APOTHECARIES,\\nSIQI^ QOLBEN MORTAM:\\n\\\\imi\\n#iK, mm iTBiE?,\\njr^C\u00c2\u00a3:soj\\\\rrizzjEj, ipzo^ida..\\n:o:-\\nPersons, visiting Jacksonville, in need of pure\\nDrugs and Medicines, fine Brandy, Wines, and\\nother Liquors, Fancy Goods, Toilet Articles,\\nfine Brushes, fine Soaps, fine Eau de Cologne,\\nFlorida Water, Rose Water, Orange-flower\\nWater, Pomades, and every thing usually kept in\\na first-class Drug Store, are invited to call, and\\nlook at our stock. The Compounding of Pre-\\nscriptions made a Specialty. Satisfaction prom-\\nised in all cases.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0196.jp2"}, "195": {"fulltext": "RATHER\\nWHOLBSALE AND RETAII.\\nBoston, New York, Philadelphia and Savannah\\nDaily Papers, also all the latest Magazines and\\nPeriodicals constantly on hand.\\nParties visithig Florida can leave their subscriptions\\nwith us, for any length of time, and the same will be\\npromptly forwarded to any point accessible by mail.\\nGuide Books, Railway Guides and Pocket Maps\\nhi great variety.\\nCall and examine our stock before purchasing elseivhere.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0197.jp2"}, "196": {"fulltext": "THE OLD RELIABLE\\nBROCK S LINE OF STEAMERS,\\nEmojiNG bet w:een\\nON THE\\nST. JOHIV S mVEIi, FLORIDA.\\nTHE NEW AND ^I^BGANT PASSENGER STEAMER\\nLeaves JACKSONVILLE daily (except Sundays) for PALATKA and\\nall Intermediate Points, and connecting with Steamers for ENTER-\\nPRISE, CLAY SPRINGS, SALT LAKE, DUNN\u00c2\u00bbS LAKE, and points\\non the OCKLAWAH A RIVER. At TOCOI with ST. JOHN S RAIL-\\nROAD for ST. AUGUSTINE, ejid returning to JacksonviUe same\\nevening in time to connect with all Northern Trains.\\nTHE FAVORITE STEAMERS\\nf)Sf{i l [G[\u00c2\u00a5oK M^ S^.\u00c2\u00a5\u00c2\u00a5i^\\nLeave JACKSONVILLE on Sundays and Wednesdays at 9 a. m.,\\nRunning through to Enterprise, and stopping at all principal\\npoints on the River.\\nThe Old Reputation of this Popular Line will be fully\\nsustained, and every Comfort Guaranteed\\nto its Patrons.\\nJACOB BROCK, Ag:ent,\\nJacksonville, Fla*", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0198.jp2"}, "197": {"fulltext": "M i^]i.M\\\\^i PtLLOpVlLlt,\\nAND\\n11 I^kudin^^ or\\\\ ^t. Jol\\\\i\\\\ i^ivef.\\nTHE\\nFAVORITE AKB SFLEXBIT) STEAMER.\\nCaptain L. M. COXETTER,\\nLEAVES JACKSONVILLE EVERY\\n\u00c2\u00a9##J\\ny\\n^tUaiW\\n#111 S\\n|,-^l\u00c2\u00a9rppli\u00c2\u00a9\\nALL INTERMEDIATE LANDINGS on the St. JOHN S JIIYEB.\\nThe Starlight has recently been th j roughly overhauled^\\nsupplied with new boilers and refurnis v d^ and is now in\\nsplendid order, offejHng the most agreeable means of reach-\\ning points on the\\nUppef ^t. Jol^i^V, Ii\\\\diki\\\\ kr|d Odav^al^k f^ivei%\\nHer passenger accommodations a7 e unsurpassed, and\\nher table first- class.\\nClose communication made with the Charleston and\\nSavannah Stea??iers. For full information apply to\\nGEO. E. FOSTEK, Ageut, JacksouFiUo.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0199.jp2"}, "198": {"fulltext": "HENRY A. L ENGLE,\\nGRADUATED\\nPlAllAClIflSf,\\nCof. 8ky k.i\\\\d I^kufk ^tfeet^,\\nJACKS GI^ VI LL,E.\\nGo to the Corner of Bay and Laura Streets^ where you\\nwill find a good stock of\\nCHEMICALS,\\nPATENT MEDICINES, PERFUMERY, TOILET\\nARTICLES,\\nFINE WINES AND LIQUORS,\\nFOR IfEDICINAL PURPOSES.\\nJFhysicians Prescriptions accurately prepared at all hours\\nof the day and night.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0200.jp2"}, "199": {"fulltext": "d^tQi\\\\Aoi\\\\ SotL^e,\\nGBEEN COVE SPRINGS, Fla.\\nON THB\\nST. JOHN S RIVER,\\nDaily Mail and two daily Steamers from Jacksonville\\nto Green Cove.\\nBelonging to this house, and within loo ft. of it, is the\\nGreen Cove Warm Sulphur Spring, discharging 3,000\\ngallons per minute, of temperature 78\u00c2\u00b0.\\nThis water is highly valuable in its medicinal qualities,\\nin the following diseases. Rheumatism Gout Scrof-\\nula Dyspepsia Paralysis Neuralgia all Nervous\\nAffections Erysipelas, and all Eruptive Diseases\\nKidney Disorders, and General Debility.\\nLax^e additions have been made, during the past\\nseason, to the Bathing facilities. The Baths and Dressing\\nRooms now occupy a space 200 ft. long by 50 ft. wide.\\nThe house is supplied with water from the Spring, by\\nmeans of water power.\\nHARRIS, APPLEGATE CO., Proprietors.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0201.jp2"}, "200": {"fulltext": "Mrs. FLEMHsTG,\\nHIBERNIA, on the St. JOHN S RIVER,\\n25 MILES ABOVE JACKSONVILLE,\\nPRIVATE BOARDING HOUSE.\\nA most delightful place for visitors from the\\nNorth.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0202.jp2"}, "201": {"fulltext": "nlrndk\\n^rl^\\ndmt,\\nGRE^^\\nCOVE S\\nGS,\\nrmmm.\\nTHE CELEBRATED SULPHUR AND MINERAL SPRINGS\\nFOB\\n1$^\\nOPEN WINTER AND SUMMEK.\\nWB\u00c2\u00bb esIFni I^\u00c2\u00bb Frapftetor,\\nThese Springs are situated thirty miles above Jackson-\\nville; daily communication.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0203.jp2"}, "202": {"fulltext": "H. L. TIJ^lEirP, Proprietor*\\nThe Putnam House has during the past\\nSummer been put in thorough order, and an\\naddition built containing forty comfortable rooms.\\nThe favorable reputation of the house will be\\nmaintained by the present proprietors, who\\npromise nothing shall be left undone for the\\ncomfort of their guests.\\nH. L. HART.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0204.jp2"}, "203": {"fulltext": "w\\nPAIiATKA, East Florida.\\nP. H. PETERMAN, Proprietors.\\nThis Hotel is newly furnished throughout\\nA fine Billiard Room in connection with house,\\nand guests will find everything for their\\ncomfort.\\nN. H. MORAGNE, M. D.,\\nymOLESALE BET AIL\\nDRXJ GMST.\\nPAL.ATKA, EAST FI.ORIDA.\\nJ ,A.1S^E:S BURT,\\ntat\u00c2\u00a9 4g^im\\n^S)\\ntaIjATKa, east flobida.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0205.jp2"}, "204": {"fulltext": "FOR THE\\nWi\\n1^^\\nThe fine Steamers of the Hart Line connect\\nat Palatka with the Charleston and Savannah\\nSteamers, leaving on their arrival\\nWfe^^^\\niwiii\\nThese boats have been put in good order and\\ntwo fine new steamers added to the line, so that\\npassengers will find on board every comfort and\\na good table. By this route they visit the most\\nremarkable and most beautiful River of Florida,\\nthe celebrated Silver Spring, and the noble Lakes\\nHarris and Eustace.\\nSportsmen will find game abundant on the\\nwhole route. For full information apply to", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0206.jp2"}, "205": {"fulltext": "Situated six miles from Silver Springs^\\nwhere a conveyance meets every boat on the\\nOclawaha River,\\nThis house is pleasantly situated in the\\nflourishing town of Ocala^ encircled by pine\\ngroves, and acknowledged by the faculty as\\none of the m-ost desirable winter resorts for\\ninvalids. Comfortable rooms and a good table\\nftirnished at moderate prices,\\nE. I. HAKRIS, Proprietor.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0207.jp2"}, "206": {"fulltext": "^^fiRPKis:^\\nyril/jE Brock House beautiftdly situated\\non the shore of Lake Mtmroe^ will be\\nfound by Invalids^ Tourists and Sportsmen\\nto co7nbine every requisite for healthy comfort^\\nand enjoyme^it.\\nThe rooms are large and comfortable, and\\nthe table excellent,\\nSple7idid boatings fishing and hunting^ in\\nthe immediate vicinity of the Hotel,\\nArrangements can be here Tnade for con-\\nveyances to Smyrna^ Indian River y etc,\\nJACOB BROCK, Proprietor.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0208.jp2"}, "207": {"fulltext": "\\\\iELLONVILLE HoUSE,\\n(i\\nThis Hotels commanding a splendid view of Lake\\nMunroe, offers to the traveling public excellent accommoda-\\ntions at reasonable prices. Surrounded by Groves of\\nPines, its advantages for invalids cannot be surpassed.\\nEvery facility for boatings huntings fishings and excur-\\nsions to the Orange Groves and Mineral Springs of the\\nneighborhood.\\nAll Steamers on the St. John^s stop at the Hotel land-\\nings going and coming.\\nwm^\\nf In If ft 4 ffe OT il If W\\nG OI.\\nThis House has been put in comfortable\\norder, and is ready to receive permanent and\\ntransient visitors.\\nFirst-class beds and a Cuisine] in every\\nrespect unexceptionable.\\nMeals furnished at any hour at short\\nnotice.\\nCHARLES THOMAS, I^essee.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0209.jp2"}, "208": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u0094^n^mmime\\nFRONTING THE\\nPLAZA AND SEA \\\\VALL.\\nThe St, Augustine Hotels commanding a\\nview .of the bay and ocea7i^ occupies the most\\ndesirable location in St, Augustine,\\nThe reputation of the house as a first-\\nclass family hotel will be maintained by the\\npresent proprietors, and no effort be spared to\\nprovide every comfort to the traveler.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0210.jp2"}, "209": {"fulltext": "THE\\n.Ma2:nolia Hotel\\nST. GEORG\u00c2\u00a3 STREET,\\nSt. Augustine, Florida.\\n-/^r/f//f-\\nW. W. PALMER, Proprietor.\\n{Laie HOUGHTON PALMES-.)\\nThis favorite Hotellias been completely Eenovated, internally anl ex-\\nt rnally, and now presents unsuri)assed accommodation for TOU JUSTS\\nand INVALIDS. Single rooms and family apartments, en suite. The\\ncuisine is in every respect unexceptionahle. T .e ?Tlaa:n lia \u00c2\u00abtav,d T npon\\nthe highest ground in the city, and commands a fine view of the ocean", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0211.jp2"}, "210": {"fulltext": "ORIENTAL HOUSE,\\n^iirl\u00c2\u00ae:\\ni\u00c2\u00aerii \u00c2\u00aef Pimm.\\nSt. AUGUSTINE, Fla.\\nOn the European Plan,\\n$1 a day for occupying Room.\\nThis Hotel is entirely newly furnislied, is Fibst Class, and about two\\nminutes walk from Central Pier and Post Office. Eestaurant for Ladies and\\nGentlemen attached to Hotel.\\nW. G. PONCE Co., Proprietors.\\nT. A. PACETTI,\\nGRADUATED\\nllAOlIIIil\\nSt. Augustine Hotel^\\nSt. AUGUSTINE, Fla.\\n~4I9I*~\\nDealer in Drugs, Medicines, Perfumery, etc. Speci-\\nalty fine old Liquors, viz., Brandy, Whiskey, Wines,\\netc. also, Cigars.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0212.jp2"}, "211": {"fulltext": "J^LORIDA Bouse,\\nJIE Florida House which all visitors to St. Aug-\\ni\\nustine will remember^ from its agreeable location\\nand cheerful appearance situated on St. George s\\nStreet^ has undergone most important changes the past\\nsummer. A wing has been added on St. George s St., con-\\ntaining seventy large, well-ventilated and cheerful rooms,\\nand the whole house has been renovated and refurnished\\nthroughout.\\nGuests will find the table in every way worthy of a\\nfirst-class hotel, and the proprietor promises entire satis-\\nfaction to visitors.\\nThe house will be heated throughout and gas and other\\nconvemences furnished in every room.\\nI. H. REMER, Proprietor.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0213.jp2"}, "212": {"fulltext": "^^sTby ballar\\nA\\nif, 6\u00c2\u00a7\u00c2\u00a7iFe\u00c2\u00a7i Sl.f \u00c2\u00aef\u00c2\u00ab MsgBBilas\\nDEALERS IN\\nAAT A T C H E S,\\nJev/elry, Clocks, Plated-Ware,\\nCutlery and Spectacles,\\nOB\\nMIQ}]\\nAND\\nkOl]lt)|l GlllllO^II\\nSea Shells, Sea Beans, and Alligator Teeth,\\nEANDSOMEL T CAB YED and MO UNTED.\\nCorals, Bird Plumes, Feathers, Floivers, Palm\\nWork, Coquina Ornaments and Walking Canes, tn\\ngreat variety.\\nSt. GEOHOE ST., St. Augustine, Fla.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0214.jp2"}, "213": {"fulltext": "JD. J. L O F E Z,\\nDEAIiER IN\\n\u00c2\u00a711!\\nFine Toilet Soaps, Brushes, Combs, etc. Fancy\\nArticles, Perfumery in great variety, and pure\\nWines and Liquors, for Medicinal Purposes\\nonly.\\nN. B. Physicians, Prescriptions carefully Compounti-\\ned. Foot of Central Wharf, opposite the St. Augustine\\nHotel.\\nSt. AUGUSTINE, Fla.\\nWHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN\\nFURNITURE, HARDWARE,\\n\u00c2\u00abWlNES, filQUORS,\\nCHARLOTTE STREET, St. Augustine, E. Fla.", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0215.jp2"}, "214": {"fulltext": "___..J", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0216.jp2"}, "215": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3303", "width": "1978", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0217.jp2"}, "216": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3468", "width": "2154", "jp2-path": "guidetoflorida01ramb_0218.jp2"}}