Notes on Inundations. 99 



of waters. On occasions like this, all these animals are 

 shot by hundreds. 



"Opposite the city of Natchez, which stands on a 

 bluff bank of considerable elevation, the extent of inun- 

 dated land is immense, the greater portion of the tract 

 lying between the Mississippi and the Red River, which 

 is more than thirty miles, being under water." 



