. A guide to Florida for tourists, sportsmen and settlers . rk waters where theyare preserved by a law which forbids killingthem anywhere along or in the Tomoka. No at-tention need be paid to apocr3^phal yarns ofstuffed saurians placed along the river at thebeginning of the season by the enterprising pro-prietors of the excursion-boats. If too muchswash from the launches and too much noise fromthe passengers have not already sent them glid-ing to retreats below alligators are almost to becounted upon along this bit of water. By a highcoquina bluff the boat goes under the railroadbridge. Near h
. A guide to Florida for tourists, sportsmen and settlers . rk waters where theyare preserved by a law which forbids killingthem anywhere along or in the Tomoka. No at-tention need be paid to apocr3^phal yarns ofstuffed saurians placed along the river at thebeginning of the season by the enterprising pro-prietors of the excursion-boats. If too muchswash from the launches and too much noise fromthe passengers have not already sent them glid-ing to retreats below alligators are almost to becounted upon along this bit of water. By a highcoquina bluff the boat goes under the railroadbridge. Near here the famous Kings Road builtduring the English occupation in the early nine-teenth century crossed the river, on its way northfrom New Smyrna to St. Augustine, at a pointcalled Tomoka Ferry. Beyond the railroad the river narrows, thetangle of vegetation on both banks grows moreluxuriant. Palmettoes and live-oaks overhangthe water. The scene becomes suddenly in-tensely tropical, by comparison with the bluewaters and the salt breezes which have been left.
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