ON THE BEACH AT DAYTON A. 67 



just above the level of the water, as has 

 been already described, and were never over 

 the river, but off the beach. 



All in all, there are few pleasanter walks 

 in Florida, I believe, than the beach-round 

 at Daytona, out by one bridge and back by 

 the other. An old hotel-keeper a rural 

 Yankee, if one could tell anything by his 

 look and speech said to me in a burst of 

 confidence, " Yes, we 've got a climate, and 

 that 's about all we have got, climate and 

 sand." I could not entirely agree with him. 

 For myself, I found not only fine days, but 

 fine prospects. But there was no denying 

 the sand. 



