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stroys. Several species of very closely grained, heavy, 

 high-colored woods, susceptible of fine polish, and 

 adapted to the uses of the cabinet-maker, are there in 

 abundance. Undoubtedly, the Campeachy or logwood, 

 would thrive, if introduced upon the beach or seaward 

 shore of the lagoon, or would soon so multiply (as in 

 Santo Domingo, where it was first planted for hedges) as 

 to become a valuable product. 



And so I might go on enumerating what nature has 

 planted or supplied in forest and stream, and what man 

 might easily do to make at least a charming health resort 

 of Indian river, but I will only add that I have myself 

 seen some remarkable evidences of the benefits which 

 persons of both sexes, having diseased lungs, have re 

 ceived there benefits that proved lasting with some 

 yet more remarkable instances of persons so diseased 

 that elsewhere they were in constant pain, who yet were 

 able to live a prolonged and comfortable life in that 

 singularly equable temperature. I likewise passed one 

 summer upon the lagoon, and never found the heat op 

 pressive, as it was habitually tempered by a soft, gentle 

 breeze. The only discomfort was the mosquito, against 

 which, however, it was not difficult to guard by proper 

 precautions. 



It is a misfortune that the real climate and general 

 sanitary advantages of Indian river are not widely known 

 to the thousands who suffer from weak lungs and bron 

 chial affections in the New England and Middle States. 



THOS. JORDAN. 



