Climate of 

 Florida 



Better than the 

 Mediterranean 



Favorite Fish and Fishing 



Florida has one of the finest and most 

 genial continental winter climates in the 

 world. One can live in the open air the 

 winter through, without discomfort, as it 

 seldom rains during that season, and therein 

 lies the great and lasting benefit to the in- 

 valid who requires an open-air life and 

 nature's great restorers, fresh air, warm 

 sunshine, moderate exercise and sound, re- 

 freshing sleep. He will be told that 

 Florida has a damp climate by his physi- 

 cian who has never been in the state, and 

 will be advised to go to a dry climate. But 

 the dampness of Florida is not an exhalation 

 from the soil, which is dry sand, but is the 

 humid, salt air from the sea, which with 

 the balsamic fragrance of the pines, con- 

 duces to the health and well-being of the 

 invalid, and to the pleasure and enjoyment 

 of the angler and sportsman. 



I have suffered more from raw, chilly 

 weather in the much-lauded winter climates 

 of southern France, Italy, and even Mo- 

 rocco, than in southern Florida. And 

 while the shooting along the Mediterranean 

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