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ST. MARY'S RIVER.--Rises in the enchanted land of the Yemassee
Indians, forming a short boundary-line between Georgia and Florida.

SUWANEE COUNTY.--County-seat, Live Oak. Well timbered with pine.
Has marl shell-beds and white clay. In the center of the county is
a white stone, soft when dug, but hardening on exposure to the
air--used for chimney-backs and furnaces.

SUWANEE RIVER.--Rises in Southern Georgia, and empties into the
Gulf, near Cedar Keys; navigable for small steamers as far as Troy.

SUWANEE SHOALS.--In Columbia county. Post-office.

TALLAHASSEE.--Capital of the State. County-seat of Leon county.
Located by Governor Walton, and named by his daughter Octavia. The
State-house and Court-house were built by the United States
Government.

TAMPA.--County-seat of Hillsboro county. On Tampa Bay. Terminus of
the tri-weekly hack-line from Gainesville.

TAYLOR COUNTY.--On the Gulf coast, south of Madison.

TEMPLE.--Station on the West India Transit Railroad, 78 miles from
Fernandina.

TITUSVILLE.--A flourishing settlement in Volusia county, on the
west bank of Indian River. It contains a fine sanitarium for
invalids. Post-office.

TRAIL RIDGE.--The highest point on the West India Railroad, 62
miles from Fernandina.

TOCOI.--Landing on the east bank of the St. John's, 52 miles above
Jacksonville. Post-office.

UCHEEANNA.--County-seat of Walton county, West Florida.
Post-office.

UCHEE VALLEY.--Named from the Uchee tribe of Indians, who formerly
occupied it. In Walton county.

VALLOMBROSA.--Settlement in Washington county, West Florida.

VERNON.--County-seat of Washington county, West Florida.
Post-office.

VOLUSIA.--Landing on the east bank of the St. John's, 137 miles
above Jacksonville. In Volusia county. Post-office.

VOLUSIA COUNTY.--County-seat, Enterprise.

WACAHOOLA.--A settlement near Flemington, Marion county.
Post-office.

WACASSA RIVER.--Meaning "Cow Range River"--a corruption of Indian
and Spanish. In Levy county.

WACASSA RIVER.--A stream flowing through Jefferson county, and
emptying into the Gulf of Mexico.

WAKULLA COUNTY.--In this county is the celebrated Wakulla Spring.
The principal settlements are St. Mark's, Crawfordsville, and
Sopchoppy.

WAKULLA RIVER.--Rises in Wakulla Spring, and flows into the Gulf,
near St. Mark's.

WALDO.--On the West India Transit Railroad, in Alachua county, 12
miles from Gainesville. Post-office.

WALTON COUNTY.--County-seat, Ucheeanna, West Florida.

WARRINGTON.--On Escambia Bay, 7 miles from Pensacola. Post-office.

WASHINGTON COUNTY.--County-seat, Vernon, West Florida.

WAUKEENAH.--Settlement in Jefferson county.

WEBBVILLE.--A settlement in Jackson county, near Marianna.

WEELAUNEE.--Located in Jefferson county. Post-office.

WEKIVA.--Settlement in the Sanford Grant, on the upper St. John's.
Post-office.

WEKIVA RIVER.--A stream in Orange county, flowing into the St.
John's.

WELAKA.--Landing on the east bank of the St. John's, 100 miles
above Jacksonville, opposite the mouth of the Ocklawaha River.
Post-office.

WELLBORN.--On the Jacksonville, Pensacola, and Mobile Railroad, 94
miles from Tallahassee. Post-office.

WITHLACOOCHEE RIVER.--Rises in Sumter county, and empties into the
Gulf, near Cedar Keys.

WOODLAND.--In Putnam county, on Dunn's Lake. Post-office.

WOOLSEY.--A settlement on Escambia Bay, in Escambia county.

WYOMING.--A suburb of Jacksonville, Duval county. Unimportant.

YELLOW RIVER.--Rises in Walton county, and empties into Pensacola
Bay, near Milton, West Florida.

THE END.

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Typographical errors corrected by the etext transcriber:

changeful sea at St. Agustine=> changeful sea at St. Augustine {pg 228}

in which they are are taught=> in which they are taught {pg 375}

El bano de la Americana=> El baño de la Americana {pg 422}

rescued by Laudonnèire=> rescued by Laudonnière {pg 460}

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