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and if you want good whisky take it from the Windsor Hotel, 



Jacksonville. 



The yacht, on which we made our home on leaving the 



hotel, was a little vessel between 20 and 30 tons. 

 Cruising. 



There was a main cabin used for a dining-saloon 



and drawing-room, and its centre-board top made a tray, on 

 which stood the iced drinking water, with its usual tap, and 

 various odds and ends. Two beds were made up on the cabin 

 cushions, and we were supposed to be protected from mosquitoes 

 and other insects by a gauze screen, which, as usual in such 

 cases, proved ill-fitting, and admitted the few pests which were 

 amply sufficient to interfere with our comfort. 



We had much better food on board, for our little Jap 

 cooked admirably, and we took care to lay in plenty of stores, 

 having arranged for a supply of beef and mutton from Jackson- 

 ville. This meat came down by steamer in a box, packed in 

 ice, and all we had to do was to send our boy in the yacht's 

 boat to fetch it. In this way we also got chickens and venison. 

 The prices paid for these welcome contributions to our larder 

 were — venison, 1 2^ cents per lb. ; eggs, 2 5 cents per dozen ; 

 chickens, 3 5 cents each ; turkeys, i dollar ; milk, i o cents per 

 quart. 



