. The chautauqua of the tropics and Melbourne, Florida .. . The Trail on the Bluff. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 0 014 433 803 0 ^. Surf Bathing in February. P, MELBOURNE AND THE INDIAN RIVER COUNTRY. THE Far-Famed Indian River is a body of salt water extending north and south along thecentral eastern coast of Florida, for 140 miles, being connected with the Atlantic Oceanby a number of inlets. The river is from one to five miles broad and of an average depth of about ten feet. About midway between Jacksonville and Miami, the northern and southern termini ofthe Florida East Coast Railway, the town of M
. The chautauqua of the tropics and Melbourne, Florida .. . The Trail on the Bluff. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 0 014 433 803 0 ^. Surf Bathing in February. P, MELBOURNE AND THE INDIAN RIVER COUNTRY. THE Far-Famed Indian River is a body of salt water extending north and south along thecentral eastern coast of Florida, for 140 miles, being connected with the Atlantic Oceanby a number of inlets. The river is from one to five miles broad and of an average depth of about ten feet. About midway between Jacksonville and Miami, the northern and southern termini ofthe Florida East Coast Railway, the town of Melbourne sits enthroned upon the high bluffshore of this finest river in Florida. The location is ideal, as the river here is two miles broadand the peninsula between river and ocean is narrow, thus giving to the town the benefits ofseaside and of still water. High rolling pine lands extend for miles to the west, back of thetown—the health-giving balsam from the trees loading the air with its delicious perfume. The Gulf .Stream with a constant temperature of seventy degrees, flowing near the oceanbeach, maintains achautauquaoftrop00melb
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