CHAPTER XII. 



LOUISIANA NEW OULEANS, AND HOMK. 



Bayou Sara German settlers Jews Pointe Couple My en- 

 gagement at the hotel Levees, or dams, on the banks of the Mis- 

 sissippi Slave auction Treatment of the slaves Guinea ne- 

 groes Alligator shooting Flesh of the alligator, anil prejudices 

 against it Habits of the alligator Scenes on the Mississippi 

 New Orleans; variety of its inhabitants Coffe-houscs The 

 " Olbcrs" clears for Bremen The mouth of the Mississippi 

 My fellow-passengers Sharks Sickness and death on board 

 The English channel Bremerhafen Quarantine The Lii- 

 becker and his unruly American wife Fumigation Arrival 

 at home. 



WE entered Ihc Mississippi the second day, and ?oon 

 left the Slate of Arkansas far behind us. Of all I had 

 seen in America it was the one which pleased me most ; 

 I may perhaps never see it again, but I shall never 

 forget the happy, days I passed there, where many a 

 true heart beats under a coarse frock or leather huuting- 

 shirt. 



The boat went flying past the green banks, and on 

 the third night, she set me ashore at Bayou Sara, in 

 Louisiana. It may have been about one o'clock when 

 I landed with my baggage 1 . The little boat which 

 brought me from the steamer pushed oft', flying back to 

 the smoking Colossus. The pilot gave the signal lo go 

 ahead, and, smoking and clattering, she soon vanished 

 from my sight. 



All was dark in the town, not a single light lo be 



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