Excerpt from Highways and Byways of Florida: Human Interest Information for Travellers in Florida; And for Those Travellers Who Are Kept at Home by Chance or Necessity, but Who Journey Far and Wide on the Wings of Fancy This book is an attempt to include in readable form all the human interest information concerning Florida that the space will permit. I have sought for What is characteristic and significant in nature and in history, in the Observations Of travelers present and past, in commercial and industrial enterprise on land and sea, and for that which is illuminating and entertaining in literature, legend, and humor. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.