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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 295 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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ORMOND , a See also:

VILLAGE

village and See also:

winter resort of Volusia See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, See also:

FLORIDA

Florida, U.S.A., about 68 m. by See also:

RAIL

rail S. of St See also:

Augustine. It is situated on the See also:

Halifax See also:

RIVER

river, an See also:

ARM (a common Teutonic word; the Indo-European root is ar, to join or fit; cf. the Lat. armus, shoulder, and the plural word arma, weapons, Gr. apphs, joint, and the reduplicated apapilKSV, to join)

arm of the See also:

ATLANTIC

Atlantic Ocean extending for 25 M. along the E. See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of Florida. Pop. (1900) 595; (1905) 689; (191o) 780. It is served by the Florida See also:

East Coast Railway. The Halifax river region is famous for its excellent oranges and See also:

GRAPE

grape-See also:

FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit. The hard and compact Ormond-Daytona See also:

BEACH

beach, about zoo ft. wide at See also:

low See also:

TIDE (O. Eng. lid, cf. Ger. Zeit, time or season, connected with root of Sanskrit a-diti, endless)

tide and about 20 M. See also:

long, offers exceptional facilities for See also:

DRIVING (from " to drive," i.e. generally to propel, force along or in, a word common in various forms to the Teutonic languages)

driving, motoring and bicycling; on it are held the See also:

ANNUAL

annual tournaments of the Florida East Coast Automobile Association. The old See also:

King's Road, built by the See also:

ENGLISH

English between 1763 and 1783, from St See also:

Mary's, See also:

GEORGIA

Georgia, some 400 M. to the See also:

south, has been improved for automobiles • between Ormond and See also:

JACKSONVILLE

Jacksonville. About 2 M. See also:

west of Ormond are the ruins of an old See also:

SUGAR

sugar See also:

mill, probably dating from the last See also:

QUARTER (through Fr. from Lat. quartarius, fourth part)

quarter of the 18th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century and not, as is frequently said, from the See also:

SPANISH

Spanish occupation in the 16th century.. About 5 m. south of Ormond and also on the Halifax river is another popular winter resort, Daytona (pop. 1900, 1690; 1905, 2199; 1910, 3182), founded in 1870 as Tomoka by Mathias See also:

Day of See also:

Mansfield, See also:

OHIO

Ohio, in whose See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour it was renamed Daytona in 1871. Its streets and drives are shaded by live oaks, palmettos, hickories and magnolias.

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