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This was considered enough for one day , and we started on the return . At six we put our party on board of the Sylvania , with many thanks to Mr. Garbrook for the pleasure of the excursion . We had no further business in Green Cove Springs ; but Owen insisted that we must reciprocate the hospitality of the Garbrooks , and I was asked to plan an excursion for the next day . There was no locality above Jacksonville to which our friends had not been ; and I proposed to breakfast the Gazelle 's people on board , and starting at six in the morning make a trip to Fort George Island , where the Garbrooks had never been , or even below Jacksonville on the river . The plan was received with acclamation , and I hastened on board of the Gazelle to present the invitation of Owen . Our party were all up at five the next morning , for they did not omit the swimming-bath a single day while they were at the Springs ; and they returned in season for the Sylvania , which had hauled up to the pier to start on the excursion at the appointed hour . Washburn had filled the bunkers of the steamer with light wood , which is plenty and cheap on the St. Johns , and made steam very rapidly .