6th. "What is the character of your society?" Mixed. 7th. "Do you consider Florida as healthy as California?" I consider this Manatee region the sanitarium of the world. A more healthful spot cannot be found on God's footstool. 8th. "Do malarial fevers prevail in your section any time during the year?" In the rich, low hammock lands, where vegetation is rank, malarial fevers exist in the fall of the year. Chills and fever here yield more readily to proper medical treatment than in the West. Pine land is exempt from malaria. 9th. "Does the summer heat prove enervating?" That depends on a man's constitution. If born tired, yes. 10th. "Is it true that the summer weather with you is more pleasant--less oppressive--than at the North?" Yes; the thermometer rarely registers more than 96°. It reached that point only twice last summer. 11th. "Are the nights in summer always cool?" Generally; sometimes cooler than in the winter. 12th. "Can you work out of doors during the day in summer time?" Yes, when it does not rain. I have not seen a day too hot to work out of doors since my arrival in Florida. 13th. "Do the crops of vegetables and grass burn under the summer sun?" We don't raise vegetables in the summer. Our vegetables are grown in the winter and spring, when the land at the North is locked fast in the embrace of frost and ice. The grass here is very nutritious, and large herds of cattle fatten on it. This section of country supplies Cuba with beef. 14th. "Are insects--fleas and mosquitoes--more troublesome than at the North?" Fleas sometimes make it lively with us; but there are fewer mosquitoes in this locality than in a majority of the Northern States. 15th. "Do you consider Manatee County one of the best to settle in?" It suits me better than any other part of Florida. You might go further and fare worse. 16th. "Do you think the Gulf Coast equal to the Atlantic Coast for climate, health, etc.?" Yes; far superior. 17th. "What is the price of land in your section?" That depends upon quality and location. Here, in the settlement of Braidentown, land is selling at from $25 to $100 per acre. A short distance back of the town, pine land can be purchased at from $1.50 to $5 per acre; and hammock land at $10 per acre. Across the bay, nearly opposite Manatee, on the Patten plantation, good hammock land, once under cultivation, can be purchased at from $15 to $25 per acre, according to location. This land is being rapidly metamorphosed into vegetable gardens, whose products--tomatoes, cucumbers, beans, peas, etc.--reach the Northern markets during the month of March. 18th. "What are the business prospects for a new-comer?" That will depend a great deal on the "new-comer." Come, investigate and judge for yourself. 19. "Can sugar-cane be grown to advantage in your neighborhood? and what amount of sugar can be made to the acre?"