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Saint Augustine, the oldest city on the continent, rich in historic in- 

 terest, and once famous for its orange groves, from which for nearly a 

 century the nobles and grandees of Spain derived their best supply, is 

 the county seat, and a port of entry for sea-going vessels, and is connected 

 with the Saint John's Kiver by railway to Tocoi, and a railway direct to 

 Jacksonville is in process of construction. It is proverbial for its healthy 

 and delightful climate, and is a popular resort, both summer and win- 

 ter, for visitors seeking health and recreation. 



SUWANNEE COUNTY. 



Bounded on the north by Hamilton County, east by Columbia, south 

 by Alachua and La Fayette, and west by La Fayette and Madison, from 

 which, with Hamiltc n on the north, it is separated by the Suwannee Eiver. 

 Its area is about 700 square miles. This county occupies nearly a cen- 

 tral position, from east to west, in the State, and the Suwannee and 

 Santa Fe Elvers form its boundary on three sides, a distance of over 

 100 miles. These streams are navigable for steamboats to the south- 

 eastern part of the county. The general topography is rolling. The 

 soil is sandy, in some parts mixed with a clay subsoil. Beds of marl, 

 shell, and white clay fine enough for pottery. Limestone and sandstone 

 abound, the latter white as marble, and, when first exposed, so soft that 

 it may be cut into any desirable form, and becomes hard with exposure. 

 Lumbering and naval stores form the leading industry, as the timber is 

 very fine. The Jacksonville, Pensacola and Mobile Eailroad crosses 

 the county from east to west, and is intersected from the north by the 

 Savannah Railway at Live Oak, the county seat, which is now in process 

 of extension south, with Tampa and Charlotte Harbor as the objective 

 points. 



SANTA ROSA COUNTY. 



Bounded north by Alabama, east by Walton County, south by the 

 Gulf of Mexico, and west by Escainbia, and contains about 1,600 square 

 miles of territory. The surface and soil and the natural productions are 

 very nearly like those of Escanibia, which joins it on the west. Lum- 

 bering is the principal business, and agriculture has received little 

 attention. The country is well watered, the Escambia Eiver and Bay 

 form its western boundary, and Peusacola Bay and Santa Eosa Sound 

 lie upon its southern, while the Yellow, Black Water, and Clear Water 

 Elvers and various creeks divide the interior of the county and dis- 

 charge their waters into Pensacola Bay. Milton, located at the head 

 of the bay and at the mouth of the Black Water, is the chief town and 

 county seat. A large foreign export trade in lumber and timber has 

 long been conducted from this port. 



TAYLOR COUNTY. 



Bounded north by Madison County, east by La Fayette, south by the 

 Gulf of Mexico, west by the Gulf and Jefferson County ; and has an area 



