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The houseboat book The Log of a Cruise from Chicago to New Orleans
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THE
HOUSEBOAT
BOOK
The Log of a Cruise from
Chicago to New Orleans
BY
WILLIAM F. WAUGH
THE CLINIC PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHICAGO
1904
Copyright, 1904,
By William F. Waugh.
PRESS OF
THE CLINIC PUBLISHING CO.
CHICAGO.
CONTENTS.
| PAGE | ||
| I. | Prelude | 5 |
| II. | Gathering Information | 9 |
| III. | Preparations | 13 |
| IV. | The First Shipwreck | 23 |
| V. | The Canal | 27 |
| VI. | The Illinois River | 40 |
| VII. | Building the Boat | 46 |
| VIII. | The Lower Illinois | 55 |
| IX. | Towing | 68 |
| X. | St. Louis | 77 |
| XI. | The Mississippi | 81 |
| XII. | Cairo and the Ohio | 90 |
| XIII. | Duck Shooting | 103 |
| XIV. | Snagged in Tennessee Chute | 109 |
| XV. | Mooring | 116 |
| XVI. | A Levee Camp | 118 |
| XVII. | Vicksburg | 128 |
| XVIII. | River Pirates | 133 |
| XIX. | The Atchafalaya | 136 |
| XX. | Melville. Deer Hunting | 141 |
| XXI. | Baton Rouge. The Panther | 150 |
| XXII. | The Bobcat | 163 |
| XXIII. | Ascending the Atchafalaya | 167 |
| XXIV. | Ducking at Catahoula Lake | 173 |
| XXV. | Some Louisiana Folks | 185 |
| XXVI. | From Winter to Summer in a Day | 192 |
| XXVII. | Voyage Ended | 196 |
| XXVIII. | Dangers and Delights | 199 |
| XXIX. | Results | 205 |
CHAPTER I.
PRELUDE.
Once upon a time there was a doctor who, after many years spent in that pursuit concluded to reform. But strong is the influence of evil associates, and those who had abetted him in his old ways still endeavored to lead him therein.
One day his good angel whispered in his ear the magic words, "House boat;" and straightway there arose in his mental vision the picture of a broad river, the