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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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