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Ttie Objcct.
OBJECT of this book is to bring to the notice of the great public at home and abroad the attractions and advantages which the northern shore of the Mexican Gulf, along Mississippi Sound, ftffers to tho^e seeking rest, recreation, and health, and to the sportsman who delights in captures ‘by flood and field/and also to those who desire to find homes in the healthiest, balmiest, and one of the best fruit-growing regions in the South.