- Another
Horse-Thief shot
Letter IX. - An Example of Senatorial Decorum. - The National Museum at
Washington. - Mount Vernon. - Virginia Plantations. - Beauty of
Richmond. - Islands of James River. - An Old Church. - Inspection of
Tobacco. - Tobacco Factory. - Work and Psalmody. - Howden's Statue of
Washington.
Letter X. - Journey from Richmond to Charleston. - Pine Forests of North
Carolina. - Collection of Turpentine. - Harbor of Charleston. - Aspect of the
City.
Letter XI. - Interior of South Carolina. - Pine Woods. - Plantations. - Swamps.
- Birds. - A Corn-Shucking. - Negro Songs. - A Negro Military Parade. -
Character of the Blacks. - Winter Climate of South Carolina.
Letter XII. - Picolata. - Beauty of the Season. - The St. John's. - A
Hammock. - Voyage from Charleston to Savannah. - City of Savannah. - Quoit
Club. - A Negro Burial-Place. - Curious Epitaphs. - Bonaventure. - Majestic
Avenues of Live-Oaks. - Alligators. - Black Creek.
Letter XIII. - Woods of Florida. - Anecdotes of the Florida War. - Aspect of
St. Augustine. - Its Streets. - Former Appearance of the City. - Orange
Groves. - Fort of St. Mark. - Palm Sunday. - A Frenchman preaching in
Spanish.
Letter XIV. - Climate of St. Augustine. - Tampa Bay. - Melons in
January. - Insects in Southern Florida. - Healthfulness of East Florida. - A
Sugar Plantation. - Island of St. Anastasia. - Quarries of
Shell-Rock. - Customs of the Mahonese. - A Mahonese or Minorcan hymn.
Letter XV. - Florida the "Poor Man's Country." - Settlement of the
Peninsula. - The Indian War. - Its Causes. - Causes of the Peace. - The
Everglades. - St. Mary's in Georgia. - Plague of Sand-Flies. - Alligator
Shooting.
