XVI. 

 THE ENVIRONS OF TALLAHASSEE. 



City of Tallahassee, the capital of the State 

 of Florida, is situated in Leon county, about thirty 

 miles north of the Gulf of Mexico, and half-way between 

 the eastern and western limits of the State. Tallahassee 

 is an Indian word, and signifies, &quot;old fields.&quot; The 

 present site of the city was perhaps long ago the corn 

 fields of the savages. It is situated upon the broad, flat 

 top of a hill, and is about a mile in length, by three- 

 eighths in breadth. Its people are hospitable, refined, 

 polite, and very sociable ; and the stranger visiting there 

 will receive more attention than at any other city in the 

 South. It is a very paradise for bachelors, 011 account 

 of the number, the beauty, and the charming manners 

 of the ladies. The climate is very pleasant, and the 

 number of soft, warm &quot;Indian summer &quot;days during 

 the winter, is very great and, though a fire is necessary 

 in the evenings, yet, during the day the visitor can re 

 main almost entirely in the open air with comfort and 

 pleasure. 



To the sportsman, the prospect is admirable. In 

 every direction, for miles from the town, are wide fields, 

 which swarm with quail. A fair day s shooting allow 

 ing the sportsman to take his breakfast at a reasonable 

 hour, and start leisurely, returning for supper at dark 



