CHAPTER XXXVII. 

 SUMMARY. 



SUITABLE finale for this effort would em- 

 body more thought and labor than one of the 

 pioneer order can be expected to have at his 

 command, but I deem a word in regard to 

 the future development of this great country 

 as at least not out of place. My prophecy is 

 that this great Everglade district will not only, 

 develop into a most beautiful and prosperous 

 country, but will in a short time prove itself the Eden of North 

 America. 



Imagine one solid body of rich soil, embodying several millions 

 of acres of land, all under a natural system of sub-irrigation, 

 surrounded by the tropical waters of the Gulf Stream and con- 

 nected on all sides by numerous deep canals, fanned by the con- 

 genial warmth of the trade winds a veritable giant greenhouse, 

 basking under a Florida sun by day and under the dome of an 

 Italian sky by night. With these prosperous conditions once 

 exploited, backed by adequate capital, it will be easily possible 

 to travel across the entire peninsula on beautiful, wide palm-lined 

 boulevards in a few hours' time. 



Come ! O, come with me, down to the Everglades ! 



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