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life ; nor does any prudent man dare to ride out in the 

 afternoon without the wraps he would require in his north- 

 ern home. Such is the case even in Algiers, which is a 

 superior climate to that of the north shore of the Mediter- 

 ranean." 



In Nice, that much-vaunted resort for those Europeans 

 who seek a mild climate, the same physician tells us that, 

 "In winter there is a difference of 12° to 24° between the 

 temperature of places exposed to the south and the north, 

 between those in the shade and in the sun," and traveling 

 from Nice to Italy we find in the latter a significant saying 

 that, " Only dogs and strangers go on the shady side." 



And here, in contrast, let us notice one more brief quo- 

 tation, this also from the pen of a well-known physician : 

 ' ' In Florida during most of the warm and pleasant days 

 one may not only be out at sunset on land, but with equal 

 comfort on the water. I have frequently called the atten- 

 tion of persons to this contrast with the European climates, 

 when we were returning from a row at sunset in mid-win- 

 ter, some of us in our shirt-sleeves. Had there been any 

 considerable dampness in the air this would not have been 

 prudent or comfortable." 



From the earliest visitors, and from the numerous adven- 

 turers who once landed on Florida's shore, came enthusiastic 

 reports of her climate, and from that time to this the cry 

 has been taken up and echoed and re-echoed all over the 

 world, a paraphrase of the Mussulman's watch-word, " Flor- 

 ida ! Florida ! there is but one Florida !" 



Why, would you ask? 



In the first place, our State is a peninsula almost in its 

 entirety, and from the earliest days of civilization peninsu- 

 las have always been preferred as favorite residences, and 

 resorted to in the winter by those living in the cold, inland 

 countries, because their climates are always milder, and 



