Extracts from a MS. Journal. 99 



of their deceased friends. After this ceremony has 

 t>een performed, they feast upon the best the country 

 affords. 



It is a custom among them, as they pass from one 

 town to another, when they see these " mourning- 

 poles," to stop and cry an hour or two. 



November 9th — 30tb. The Missisippi is not less 

 than 40 feet (perpendicular) lower than when we came 

 down in June last. Page 36. 



N. B. Further extracts from this Journal will be 

 given in our next number. 



NOTES ON THE PRECEDING PAPER, BY THE 



EDITOR. 



Note 1. Page 95. In 1791, it contained about 

 sixty inhabitants. It is situated " opposite Louis- 

 ville, a mile below the Rapids, and 100 miles S. E. of 

 Post Vincent. It is frequently flooded, when the 

 river is high, and inhabited by people who cannot, at 

 present (about 1797), find a better situation." — 

 Morse. 



Note 2. Page 96. The Ohio contains several 

 species of Cat-fish, which belong to the genus Silu- 

 rus. The species have not been examined with suf- 

 ficient attention. Two species are particularly desig 



