four in the afternoon
As we sat in front of the pilot-house , Cornwood pointed out all the objects of interest , and named the towns we passed . But nature was more to our taste than any village , after we had obtained an idea of the average town in Florida . We did not stop all day long , except to run into the stream that flows from Blue Spring , to note the marvellous clearness of the water . At four in the afternoon we passed into Lake Monroe , which is the head of navigation . On it are located the three towns of Sanford , Mellonville , and Enterprise , at the last of which we made a landing . This place I had heard spoken of as the `` paradise of sportsmen , '' and the headquarters of all who desire to hunt and fish in this part of the state . For a change , the passengers went on shore and stopped at the Brock House over night .