FOR CHEAP RECREATION. 89 



ANOTHER PLAN FOR CHEAP RECREATION. 



It has been stated that the trip to Enterprise from 

 Jacksonville will cost $12, and to return $12 ; entire 

 trip, $24. A large portion of this expenditure can be 

 advantageously saved by the tourists making the trip in 

 a small boat. If the seeker for pleasure camps out at a 

 particular point on the river, he will soon tire of a daily 

 view of the same objects, and crave for pastures new. A 

 person who proposes spending several months in the State 

 would find a boat journey pleasant, as well as instructive. 



Let two or three excursionists unite and purchase a 

 second-hand batteau about eighteen feet long, which can 

 be obtained at from twenty to thirty dollars in any of 

 our Northern cities ; supply her with centreboard, 

 rudder, and a sprit, or leg-of-mutton sail, costing in the 

 aggregate from thirty-five to forty-five dollars. We vis 

 ited Jacksonville a few days since, and made inquiries 

 regarding the price of boats, and we have reason to 

 believe that the boat would prove a safe investment, and 

 bring cost price ; if the boat was even abandoned at end 

 of trip, her purchase would prove a more profitable in 

 vestment than paying for passage up and down the river. 

 From Jacksonville to Pilatka, and at other points along 

 the river, a sail can be used as a means of effecting a 

 change of base : and when old Boreas fails in his atten 

 tions, an &quot; ashen breeze &quot; can be used ad libitum, and the 

 river ascended at from two to three miles per hour. 

 With a boat, the tourists could examine the various 

 tributaries and lakes en route, and visit unfrequented 

 localities, where excellent hunting and fishing can be se 

 cured. At Enterprise the tourists could secure a stock 



