. Highways and byways of the South. 76279281285287290 297298 307309 3»i313315 317318320 323 325 329 330 333338 342346 XIV List of Illustrations Page Reading ..... 349 A Squirrel in Sight .... Facing 355 A Campmceting Building . 357 A Negro Schoolhouse • 359 A Farm Cart .... 361 Introductory Note In writing the present volume I have simplyattempted to give a faithful record of Impressions ina region where life probably has a more picturesqueinterest than anywhere else In our country. I, how-ever, scarcely touch on the town life, or the progressof manufacturing; nor do I deal with the South asa
. Highways and byways of the South. 76279281285287290 297298 307309 3»i313315 317318320 323 325 329 330 333338 342346 XIV List of Illustrations Page Reading ..... 349 A Squirrel in Sight .... Facing 355 A Campmceting Building . 357 A Negro Schoolhouse • 359 A Farm Cart .... 361 Introductory Note In writing the present volume I have simplyattempted to give a faithful record of Impressions ina region where life probably has a more picturesqueinterest than anywhere else In our country. I, how-ever, scarcely touch on the town life, or the progressof manufacturing; nor do I deal with the South asa land of romance and sentiment, the home of beau-tiful women and chivalric men — that has been amplydone by the novelists. My rambling has been in thefields and woodlands, my stopping-places in the littlevillages and scattered farmhouses, and I write almostwholly of rustic life and nature as I saw them in mydesultory journeyings. Clifton , Mass. XV Highways and Byways of the South I SPRING ON THE FLORIDA COAST. A Well B IN the North, though thewinter frosts had relaxedtheir fiercer rigors, theweather was still raw and cold,the woodlands were whollyleafless, and the fields searand brown. But when Isailed three days from NewYork southward I foundmyself amid blossoms andabounding green foliage, andthe air was full of kindlywarmth. How delightful itall was! — as if I had bysome magic skipped entirelythe chilly uncertainty of springand entered at once into theserenity of early 2 Highways and Byways of the South Yet I cannot say that Florida on closer acquaintanceseemed quite worthy of its name; for if you wouldhave a profusion of flowers, you must nurse and coaxthem. They are not such a spontaneous product ofthe climate as one would expect. The soil is too poor,and nowhere did the blossoms brighten and gladdenthe earth as our spring flowers do in the , the aspect of the country is for the most partrather monotonously sober — an unending, sa
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