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The Gulf Vley contains long wings of extensive and handsome two-story butldingT^flanking elegant dance and dining halls in their center.
It is in the midst of a park or plateau elevated 15 feet above the sea level, and several acres in extent, shaded by groves of live-oak, magnolia, and umbrageous china trees.
For several miles along the sea-front the undulating shore is-lined by pretty cottages and handsome villas of the residents or citizens of New Orleans, many of whom own summer homes in this locality.
Summer and Winter Visitors
The winter and summer climates of this point are moderated and tempered by the causes already full described in preceding articles of this series. The protection of Northern pine forests and the proximity of the warm Gulf waters prevent the mercury from hunting the bulb in winter, and keep it ger?r- "" y hovering between 55 and 75 degrees Fahrenheit. The average	e	vinter-temperature
record, kept for a large number of years,	degrees	Fahrenheit,
and the summer heat 83 degrees.
The town is near the isothermal line nr) degrees, and the latitude is 30 degrees and 20 minutes. It -ooled by constant eddies of the north-east trade-wind during iiv _3te summer.
The hotels and most houses of public entertainment were originally built entirely with a view to rendering them attractive to Southern summer visitors. Some of these mansions have been altered and remodeled with the idea of preparing them for Norib^rn winter residents.
In its present shape, that town can prr-br^i v entertain between 700 and 800 Northern visitors. It has air	-’d its pioneers who
h a V^wungof f westward from the southwarc.	flock in their
annual Floridian flight.	r
The strangers who	have wintered here dur*Y ; the past	two	seasons
•	• ...	. pronounce the locality	charming, its railr:	vnnt.n? e s
1	f* •• connection with Mobile	and the Southern 'me-3 of business,-
pl'gSsurg, and fashfon^QNew Orl’ean'g'—'hlghly .......able, and	its	climate
surpassingly delightful. Proper efforts are being already made to develop the winter-entertaining facilities of the resort up to a state of perfection.
Diversions
One'of the pleasantest diversions of the f.nll and winter to be found at Mississippi City lies in rambling,	;g, or driving among
the paths and along the roadways of its r:	yin:; forests, or
over the waving hills, rolling away toward	.you	Bernard.
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The wielders of the glittering squirre" le and of the light split bamboo rod may find plenty of exerc'	the-'r	art	among