60 HOME LIFE IN FLORIDA. 



rived at their new Florida home, in the midst of the pines, 

 in April, and the remainder in June, yet all from that day 

 to this — nearly eleven years — have enjoyed better health 

 than they could boast of in their old home. Two who suf- 

 fered for years with severe headaches, lasting for days to- 

 gether, have not had one such attack since breathing the 

 balmy air of Florida. Another, for whom the fiat seemed 

 to have gone forth — and indeed had done so — bade farewell 

 to hemorrhages and coughs after the first year of the new 

 home life, and now is able to get through with no incon- 

 siderable amount of literary work. We feel, therefore, 

 that we have good reason to love bonnie Florida's sunny 

 face, and defend her by telling the truth concerning her. 



With the same amount of prudence, or even less than is 

 or ought to be practiced at the North, neither malarial 

 fever, nor the less dreaded but decidedly miserable " chills 

 and fever," need be feared at all. And it soon comes to 

 be noticed by the new settler, that in Florida one's feet 

 may get wet time and again with impunity, even from a 

 drenching in the rain, if one keeps in motion so as not to 

 become chilled before dry clothes can be obtained, and 

 that no ill effects are apt to follow. 



It is a matter of daily and increasing wonder to those 

 new to the State to note how much more exposure of this 

 kind they can endure without injury than they had ever 

 before deemed possible in their old homes, be they where 

 they might. 



What few fevers there are, as we have seen, are usually 

 of a mild type and easily controlled. 



Diphtheria and scarlet fever are almost unknown, and 

 cases of pneumonia are rare and seldom fatal. 



Those who suffer from rheumatism and kidney diseases 

 are always relieved, and not infrequently cured entirely by 

 a continuous residence in this healthful piney woods. 



