Identifier: whattoseeinameri00john Title: What to see in America Year: 1919 (1910s) Authors: Johnson, Clifton, 1865-1940 Subjects: United States -- Description and travel Publisher: New York, The Macmillan Company London, Macmillan and Co., limited Contributing Library: New York Public Library Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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Text Appearing After Image: marshal of France whom Napoleon made King of Naples,was a former resident of Tallahassee, and there you can seehis home. The mocking-birds are reputed to be more nu-merous in this vi-cinity than inany other part ofthe South. Fif-teen miles downtoward the Gulfis a wonderfulspring, the Wa-kulla, which sendsoff a full-grownriver of the samename from itssingle outburst. The entire region is full of remarkablesprings, caves, sinks, and natural bridges. Southeast ofTallahassee extends a vast belt of woods merging into analmost impenetrable swamp and tangle of undergrowth.This is a famous hunting-ground, and somewhere in thewatery jungle is the Wakulla Volcano, whence rises acolumn of smoke or vapor from a spot so far within theswamp that no one has been able to get to it. In the north-ern central part of the state is the Suwannee River, im-mortalized in that best loved of all plantation songs, TheOld Folks at Home. There are at least 30,000 lakes in Florida. They areparticularly numerous in

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