12 THE IKIANB PASSAGE. 



land of delight. It has a store of novelties which 

 are absolutely exhaustless^ and tracts of interest- 

 ing country which, while perfectly accessible, hare 

 never even been explored. 



To enjoy Florida, however, one must seek it 

 aright. If the visitor follows the beaten track, he 

 will see the beaten things — well beaten by many 

 vulgar footsteps. If he takes the steamers and 

 lives at the hotels, he will make quick trips and 

 have good accommodations. If he wants originality 

 he must pursue original methods. There are many 

 ways of reaching this floral El Dorado — the ocean 

 steamer will carry you to Savannah, whence the 

 steamboat will transport you through byways and 

 inside cuts to Jacksonville, or the railroad will drag 

 and hurl you through dust and dirt by day and night 

 at headlong pace from the St. Lawrence to the Gulf. 

 But if you want to enjoy Florida, if you want to go 

 where no man has gone, and see what no eye has seen, 

 and handle what no hand has touched, then go there 

 in a yacht — in a small yacht, just as small and of as 

 light draft of water as will accommodate comfortably 

 the party, that must be composed of individuals 

 sufficiently accustomed to one another to be sure 

 they can live together for tliree months without 

 quarrelling. Then, indeed, will you learn what Flor- 

 ida is, will possess its charms in close embrace and 

 have experiences and pleasures never to be forgotten 

 and not otherwise to be obtained. How is this to be 

 done, you may ask, and the purpose of this chapter 

 is to tell you exactly how. 



