Thursday March 26-1931 Ocala, Florida At 8.45 started in a bus for Ocala via Palat- ka and Bainville. Left Palatka at 10 A.M. in the Blue Bus Line and got to Bainsville at 11.30. Had lunch here and then walked around the Town the County seat of Alachua. It is an interesting town with considerable if a college here. It is a much better place to winter than Ocala. trip for removed from the fruit locality of Ocala. Left Bainsville at 12.30 and got to Ocala at 1.30. Put up at the Marion Hotel. Ocala is the county seat of Marion. Then took a car to Silver Springs the Spring in the world said to yield about 22 million gallons of crystal clear water each hour or over 500 mil. gals per day. They have large bottom boats and go to the bottom from a few fathoms to 80 is nearly all owned with plants and is stocked replete with fishes and turtles. It is there a wonderfully picturesque sight to see the sun shine to the bottom and showing hundreds in considerable variety, mostly some introduced. Of course there are here many kinds of fresh water plants than one would think. Most are permanent in the water, and one grows in throw a small white flower on their stems 3 to 4 feet long. The water in the Silver Springs rises or falls as to though the level well up 3 to 4 feet.