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average height above the water level of both streams 

 cannot be over six feet. No dams or locks will be 

 required ; there will always be water enough. In fact, 

 these two canals will make Indian river a tributary to 

 the St. Johns one hundred times more valuable than 

 the whole upper St. Johns. This scheme, the Palatka 

 &quot;Herald&quot; says, is receiving the gravest attention of the 

 most practical men. 



There seems no doubt that the population and de 

 veloped resources of Florida are destined to double in 

 ten years. Those who have some prescience will do well 

 now to take time by the forelock, that they may reap 

 coming advantages. 



Very little of value to the sportsman, the yachtsman, 

 or the intending settler, remains unsaid in this book re 

 garding these abundant resources, or the lines of inter 

 nal communication. The game and fish are here scien 

 tifically classified ; the routes of travel, coastwise and 

 internal, are accurately outlined ; ample instructions are 

 given to the sportsman and tourist ; the capabilities and 

 profits of the soil, with eligible localities for settlement, 

 sojourn, health, or pleasure, are indicated to those who 

 desire to become permanent or temporary residents. 

 In its entirety the volume is just what has been long 

 wanted and much asked for ; and therefore the editor 

 offers no apology for the manner in which its material 

 has been appropriated and collated. Those who have 

 contributed to its contents will be recognized as well 

 qualified and reliable. 



It may be literally asserted that the southern portion 

 of the peninsula of Florida has never been settled. 

 Ancient as was the old Spanish tenure, and obstinately 

 contested as was the possession of its territory for two 



