268 SOUTH-WEST FLOKIDA. 



two or three, and Mr. Levett, the same number ; board 

 $5 per week. As a guide to the best fishing points, the 

 visitor can secure the services of James Pruden, and 

 for deer and turkey hunting, J. K. Tunlon or W. B. 

 Kinsey. 



We spent several days very pleasantly at Cedar Keys 

 and made numerous acquaintances, and in concluding I 

 cannot refrain from referring to a local institution. One 

 evening, at nine P. M. Messrs. Willard & Raoux invited us 

 to visit the rear of their store, where we found a portion 

 of the shell of a boiler, supported by brick piers ; under 

 the boiler was a large fire, and on the top thereof two 

 barrels of Cedar Keys oysters. As the heat opened the 

 oysters the crew of the Spray went for them, and I must 

 positively decline mentioning what proportion of the 

 aforesaid oysters the Sprayites deposited beneath their 

 belts. 



2. MANATEE, SARASOTA, AND GASPARILLA. 



WE left Cedar Keys Tuesday evening, on steamer 

 Emilie, Captain Lefferts, and arrived at Manatee on the 

 morning of Wednesday the 16th. This vessel makes 

 weekly trips between Cedar Keys, Manatee, Tampa, 

 Punta Rassa, and Key West. Tourists and sportsmen 

 will find this steamer an excellent and comfortable 

 sea-boat, and her commander an old and experienced 

 sailor ; one who is ever attentive to make his passen 

 gers comfortable. In referring to the able and oblig- 



