VI CONTENTS. 



CHAP. IV. 



Captain Marcey. Start for St Louis. Accidental civility. Mr Hoey. 

 The dog cabin. Arrival at Altoona. Forests and mountains of 

 Alleghany. The stranger's answer. Military men. The dog and the 

 waistcoat. A bony female. Civility at last. Prepare for sport. 

 The " cow-catcher." Griddy sheep. Beautiful butterflies. Antidote to 

 rattlesnakes. An heir to dead boots. No fish for dinner. 51 71 



CHAP. V. 



Farming operations. Land turtle and woodpecker with the crimson 

 head. A hundred night-hawks or goat-suckers. An English face. 

 To St Louis. Mr and Mrs Sullivant. Beautiful scenery. Great 

 variety of foliage. Turkey buzzard. Mammon. The great curve. 

 Curious railway arrangements. A bull charging an engine. A 

 shilling's worth of water. The rough customer. 72 84 



CHAP. VI. 



Pittsburgh. Anticipations of the chase. Arrive at Staubenville. An 

 unusual canine tea, Eats and luggage. Absence of romantic blacks. 

 The happy side of slavery. Taking notes. Cincinnati. Telegrams 

 for nothing. My friend Easton. A change in mine host. Identifi 

 cation again. Badminton. A rest for English gentlemen. Bad 

 railway management. Liberty, no freedom. An English chemist. 



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CHAP. VII. 



The Ohio. Unbroken woods. The seventeen cows. A whistle in 

 time. The go-a-head system. The two railway scamps. Wrong 

 change. A good team. The Planter's House. The watchman, an 

 unwelcome visitor. Who's there ? The retreat. A pleasant ac 

 quaintance. Greorge and the mosquitoes. The turning spot. Dan 

 gers of the way. The very young man. Springfield and Co. Funds 

 low. The momentous question. 97 113 



CHAP. VIIL 

 My first fix. American liberality. Preparations for the desert. The 



