XXVI. 

 HOMOSASSA TALLAHASSEE. 



SINCE my last communication was mailed, I have 

 received a letter from E. J. Harris, Esq., of Ocala, 

 in answer to one of mine ; and I shall copy portions of 

 it for the benefit of intending tourists : 



&quot; Yours of the 4th was received the other day, relative 

 to the route and conveyances to Homosassa. Alfred 

 Davis, a well-to-do colored man, who keeps horses and 

 vehicles to hire, agreed with me at the following prices : 

 For carrying one person and his baggage from Ocala to 

 Homosassa, $10. For two persons, at the same time, $12 ; 

 or $6 each. For three persons or more, at the same time, 

 $5 each. His vehicles consist of one hack with cover, 

 and one one-horse buggy. He says that he will have 

 another two-horse hack soon. Davis will pay the ferriage 

 over the Withlacoochee river, and all expenses of driver 

 and team. 



&quot; The distance is somewhere about forty-six miles ; 

 that is to the landing on Mr. Yulee s old plantation. 

 The road, for Florida, is neither good nor bad, but what 

 you would call middling ; a part of it over sand-hills. 

 But by taking an early start, the trip may be made in a 

 day, which Davis proposes to do, I think the price rea 

 sonable enough, considering the distance. There will be 

 other horses and vehicles to hire. I also will keep, the 



