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From Jacksonville to Cedar Keys--The Florida Central--Baldwin--Alligators and moccasins--West India Transfer Railroad--Piney Woods--Trail Ridge--Lawtey--Starke--Turpentine distillery--Serenades--Waldo--Alachua county--Hummock-lands and phosphates--The indignant Boston lady--Alachua settled in 1750 by an Indian named Secoffe--Juggs or sinks--Approach to Gainesville--This town named for General E. P. Gaines--Accommodations for visitors--Tillandsia and its uses--Orange Lake the natural home of the orange--Budded trees--Eucalyptus-tree for malarial districts--Information on the subject of lands--Orange City, Arredondo, Albion, and other prospective cities--Bronson--Its good settlers--Otter Creek--"Great Gulf Hummock"--Its tropical growth.