Une nouvelle et populaire Pictorial History of the United States . mieux ordonnés, être pro-aires protégées de la mer par Anastatia island.le tr"vvn cxTends le long de son côté, sur apeninsula^etwt seulement élevée, LVE a feetabove le niveau de la mer, et est de forme anoblong, environ un mille dans letiglli butnot, très compacte construite. Le shell-calcaire qui forme la côte est établissement matériel. Il présente une apparence d'veryattractive asorange-sans, de l'abondance des arbres poussent dans theyards et jardins ; mais de nombreux f"f thestreets sont de travers et étroites. Theclimate est aussi douce que celle d'southernEurope, et cette ville est e

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A new and popular Pictorial History of the United States . commodious, being pro-tected from the sea by Anastatia island.The tr»vvn cxTends along its side, on apeninsula, elevated only twt^lve feetabove the level of the sea, and is of anoblong form, about a mile in letiglli, butnot very compactly built. The shell-limestone which forms the coast is thebuilding material. It presents a veryattractive appearance from without, asorange-trees in abundance grow in theyards and gardens; but many f»f thestreets are crooked and narrow. Theclimate is as mild as that of southernEurope, and this city is therefore a re-sort of many invalids from the north.The sea-breezes by day, and the land-breezes by night, co-operate to keepthe temperature mild and uniform.Steamboats goto Savannah and Charles-ton. Po])ulatiou about 2, r)00. The square near the water is orna-mented with an obelisk ofstcine, erectedin the centre by the Spaniards, in thedays of the constitution. It is surround-ed by two churches, the courthouse, and a number of handsome privatebuildinirs.. DESCRIPTION OF THE STATE Of FLORIDA. 407 Fort Marion, at the mouth of theharbor, is intended for seventy guns andone thousand soldiers. The harbor of Pensacola receives thetwo rivers, Yellow Water and Escam-bia; Choctaw river falls into the bay ofthe same name; while the Appalachi-cola forms a delta, and the Suwaneeempties into Vacasausa bay, in latitude29 deo:. 25 min. The St. Johns differsfrom all the other rivers in the Union, in taking its rise from low, flat grassyplains, which extend to about latitude 28deg. It then flows a little westward ofnorth, for a considerable distance paral-lel to the coast, and has the appearanceof a sound. The low and uniform character of thecoast of Florida renders it very danger-ous to navigation, especially on the east-ern side ; and the perils of the seamanare greatly increased by the numerousshoals and banks which line the south-eiu coast. The Florida Keys are celebratedfor the numerous ship

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