tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">CHAPTER V.

Geneseo.

AT GENESEO

Absence of Animal Life—Early Rising
View from the Terrace—Work of the Pioneer
Farm and System, Wages, &c.
A Drive—Family Scene
LAKE CANESUS
Plank road. Toll gates, &c.
Scotch Pikeman

CHAPTER VI.

Stirring Scenes and Strange Sights.

FROM GENESEO TO NEW YORK.

A Drive to BATAVIA—Railway Warning
Buffalo Railway Station and Yankee Cabby
Prosperity and Contrast
NIAGARA
ROCHESTER
A Live Bloomer
Advantage proved by Contrast
Reflections on Old Fashions
Pleasant Night

CHAPTER VII.

Construction and Destruction.

AT NEW YORK.

Cutter Yacht, "Black Maria"
Dinner on Board
Toddy and Chowder
Prosperity—Croton Aqueduct
Destruction of Dogs
Drive on the Bloomingdale Road
A Storm

CHAPTER VIII.

South and West.

FROM NEW YORK TO LOUISVILLE.

Ticket Station
PHILADELPHIA—Convenience
Luggage left behind
BALTIMORE—MAXWELL POINT
Canvas-back Ducks
Tolling for Ducks
Start by Rail—A Fix
HARRISBURGH—The Whittling Colonel
Start again. Pleasant Company
Inclined Planes—Canal Boat
Coaching Comfort
PITTSBURG
Railing through Forest, and Reflections
CLEVELAND—Mud-walk
To Sleep or not to Sleep
CINCINNATI—Statistics and Education
Porkopolis and Pigs
A bloody Scene
Ships at Marietta
OHIO—Levee and Literature
Embark on Steamer—Black Stewardess
Ibrahim Pacha and Fat

CHAPTER IX.

Scenes Ashore and Afloat.

FROM LOUISVILLE TO ST. LOUIS.

Fabrication of the Republican Bonbon
Wood Machinery
A Nine-inside Coach
Human Polecat
Breakfast and Cigar versus Foetor
Ferry Crossing—Travelling Beasts
Old Bell's and Old Bell
Cross Country Drive—Scenery
The Mammoth Cave
Old Bell and the Mail
Pleasant Companions
Rural Lavatory
Fat Boy and Circus Intelligence
LOUISVILLE and Advice
Ohio—A Bet at the Bar
A Dinner Scene and a Lady
Dessert and Toothpicks
Evening Recreation
CAIRO—Its Prospects
ST. LOUIS—Its Prosperity

CHAPTER X.

River Scenes.

FROM ST. LOUIS TO NEW ORLEANS.

MISSISSIPPI—Good-natured Weakness
Mississippi v. Missouri
Stale Anecdote revived
Marriage Certificate
Folly—Description of Steamer
Inspection Farce described
Corporal Punishment—Illustration
Captain of Mizen Top v. White Nigger
Scenery
Mississippi—Good night
Screecher & Burster—A Race
Captain leaves us
Bed—Alarm—Wreck
Brutal Heartlessness
River Wreckers
NEW ORLEANS
Wrecks, Causes and Remedies
Anecdotes of Blood

CHAPTER XI.

New Orleans.

FROM NEW ORLEANS TO HAVANA.

Situation and Bustle
Cotton, Tobacco and Sugar
Steamers, and Wages
Streets, Hotels, &c
A Friend in Need. Neighbourhood, Shell-road
Society and Remarks
Rough-and-Tumble—Lola Montez
A Presbyterian Church
The Gold Man
Autocracy of the Police
Law—Boys and Processions
Duel Penalties—Stafford House Address
Clubs
Spanish Consul and Passport
Parting Cadeau
Pilot Dodge
Purser Smith
Sneezing Dangerous—Selecting a Companion
HAVANA

CHAPTER XII.

The Queen of the Antilles.

AT CUBA.

Volante
Lively Funeral
A Light to a Cigar
Evening Amusement
Trip to MATANZAS—El Casero
Slave Plantation
Sugar Making
Luxuriant Vegetation
Punic Faith and Cuban Cruelty
H.M.S. "Vestal"
Bribery
Admiralty Wisdom
Cigars and Manufactory
Population—Chinese
Laws of Domicile—Police and Slavery
Increase of Slaves and Produce
Tobacco, Games, and Lotteries
Cuban Jokes
Sketch of Governors
The Future of Cuba?

CHAPTER XIII.

Change of Dynasty.

FROM CUBA TO BALTIMORE.

KEY POINT
Vulgar Hebrew
CHARLESTON, WASHINGTON
Night and Morning
Congress and Inauguration
General Jackson and Changes
Cabmen and City
Shopman and Drinking
Levees and Buildings
BALTIMORE and Terrapin
The Drama
Progress—Fire Companies

CHAPTER XIV.

Philadelphia and Richmond.

FROM BALTIMORE TO RICHMOND.

PHILADELPHIA and Hospitality.
Streets—Mint
Gerard College
High School
A Jail and a Cure for the Turbulent
Lunatic Asylum
NEW YORK and Embark
A Wild Paddy
CHARLESTON Arrival
Hotel and Hospitality
Climate and Buildings
Commercial Prosperity
Fire Companies
Miniature WEST POINT (Vide Note)
WILMINGTON Railway Accident
PETERBOROUGH and my Hat
RICHMOND Scenery and Prosperity
Powhattan's Tree, an Episode
A Lady Friend
Fire and Folly
Monkey Boy
Gerymander
Fire Company, Frolic and Reflections

CHAPTER XV.

From a River to a Race-course.

FROM RICHMOND TO NEW YORK.

Down the River
WILLIAMSBURG. Old Palace
A Governor and a Paddy
The College
Uncle Ben and his Inn
Reflections
SHIRLEY, Hospitality, &c.
BEANDON, Hospitality, &c.
Rural Election—A Cruise in a Calm
Choral Warblers and Family Altar
NORFOLK, Dockyard, &c.
Slave Servants, a Hint to the Foreign Office
Via BALTIMORE to PHILADELPHIA—A Confession.
Race—Mac and Tac
NEW YORK

CHAPTER XVI.

Home of the Pilgrim Fathers.

FROM NEW YORK TO BOSTON.

Off by rail—Foxhunting Fire
BOSTON. Buildings and Hospitality
Neighbourhood and Names
The Drama
Spirit-rapping and Gulls

CHAPTER XVII.

Teaching of Youth and a Model Jail.

AT BOSTON.

Pilgrim Fathers
Education—Expenditure—Regulations,