... crimson sun shone through the woods and lit up the first stone fence I saw in Florida. As we came near Aredonda we noticed blackberry bushes in full bloom ; also peach and plum trees. All along the line from Waldo to Cedar Keys there exists a rotten limestone ...

... side, I observed great oyster reefs and millions of tiddler crabs running over one another. Beyond grew great stretches of blackberry bushes in full blossom. The sight of gorgeously coloured waters, bright skies, lovely meadows, wild fowl, picturesque negro ...