74 IN LOUDER FLORIDA WILDS 



Kingsley's words: "It is a joy forever and a sight 

 never to be forgotten." It is probably the most 

 magnificent vegetable production in the world, 

 and one of which all Floridians should be proud. 



The Ten Thousand Islands is a region of mys- 

 tery and loneliness; gloomy, monotonous, weird, 

 and strange, yet possessing a decided fascination. 

 To the casual stranger each and every part of the 

 region looks exactly like all the rest; each islet 

 and water passage seems but the counterpart of 

 hundreds of others. Even those who long have 

 lived within this region and are familiar with its 

 tortuous channels often get lost. The chief native 

 topic is of parties lost and wandering hopeless 

 for days among its labyrinthine ways. 



