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THE
SOUTH-W E ST.
BY A YANKEE J. H. Ingraham,
Mir Aigua liam
[Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1835, by HARPER & BROTHERS, in the Clerk's Office of the Southern District of New-York.]
CONTENTS.
XXIV.
Characteristic scenery of the Mississippi—Card playing-Sabe
bath on board a steamboat-An old sinner-A fair Virginian-
Inquisitiveness of Yankee ladies-Southern ladies-A general-
Ellis's cliffs-Mines-Atala-Natchez in the distance-Duelling
ground-Fort Rosalie-Forests-A traveller's remark,
XXV.
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Land at the Levée-African porters-First impression of passing
travellers" Natchez under the Hill”—A dizzy road—A rapid de-
scent-View from the summit-Fine scenery in the vicinity-Re-
servoir-A tawney Silenus-A young Apollo-Warriors "hors du-
combat"-Indian females-Mississippian backwoodsman-Mansion
House.
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XXVI.
A northerner's idea of the south-west-Natchez and health-
"Broadway" of Natchez-Street scenes-Private carriages-Auc- -
tion store-Sale of a slave-Manner in which slaves view slavery
-Shopping-Fashion-Southern gentlemen-Merchants-Plan-
ters-Whip bearers-Planters' families.
XXVII.
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First impressions—American want of taste in public buildings-
Agricultural bank-Masonic hall-Natchez academy-Education
of Mississippians-Cemetery-Theatre-Presbyterian church—
Court-house-Episcopal church-Light-house-Hotels-Planters'
Houses and galleries-Jefferson hotel-Cotton square.
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