grant,” being direct from the United States, cannot be disputed. It will be seen by the letters given hereafter from the surveyors, (Col. WILLIAMS and Mr. SWAN), that they are candid and impartial witnesses. They have in their surveys been all over the land, and in their report give the worst side as well as the best. Col. M. A. WILLIAMS, under date of Aug. 6, 1875, writes: “I have in my surveys been upon every part of the ‘Perrine grant.’ It commences at a point on the west side of Biscayne Bay, about opposite to the best inlet to the bay from the sea, and I think about from nine to eleven feet of water, can be carried to within about two or three hundred yards of the shore at an exceedingly rich and beautiful locality upon the claim. This particular place is settled upon by a man named ADDISON, and embraces some two or three hundred acres of excellent lands. There is a large quantity of high land (that is high for that country). In this grant there are in many places, small hammocks which are exceedingly rich, there are also passing through the claim several savannahs, through which in wet seasons the water passes from the Everglades to the sea. The face of the country is exceedingly rocky, rocky beyond anything that you will imagine, but the climate is pleasant and healthy, and the mosquitoes not at all troublesome during the winter months. The Miami and the country adjacent upon the bay is similar in all respects to the Perrine claim, probably not quite so rocky, but _my favorite place upon the bay is the_ ADDISON _place upon the Perrine grant_. There is a beautiful sand beach in front of this section upon the bay, and it extends South for a mile, probably a mile and a half.” Labor is scarce, it would be best to take it along, the same of house servants. There is timber enough for all building purposes, if there were saw-mills. The country is _remarkably healthy_, and the climate in winter and spring _cannot be excelled_, it is pleasant even in summer. It is attractive, and will doubtless be well populated at no distant day. The great trouble is the want of facilities to get to and from it. It is a splendid game country upon the Perrine grant. The water is pure and good. At the ADDISON place there are some very remarkable springs, some of them mineral. Mr. WM. A. SWAN, under date of April 10, 1876, writes, in answer to the question, what time is the best for northerners to come to the bay? “The charm and chief merit of this locality is its equability of climate. The months of May and June I was at and near ADDISON’s; there was no night that I did not use my blanket, and frequently my double blanket, and I learned from all sources that the only perceptible difference in the seasons was more northers in the winter months; they usually last about three days. Hence I would say _any_ season was desirable. Of course it is hot, but the constant sea breeze makes it invariably pleasant. The bay is the sanitarium, so to speak, where