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this Munchausen of the backwoods, and he told me 

 that he was from the AVabash, which is pretty much 

 as if we were to say in France that a man came 

 from Gascony. 



VIRGINIAN DEER. 



On the shores of South Carolina, to the south of 

 Charleston, there is a splendid island called Edisto, a 

 large portion of which is planted with the celebrated 

 Sea Island cotton, but which is covered on the 

 northern extremity with an immense forest filled 

 with every description of game. The colonists, who 

 inhabit the houses and farms surrounded by tracts 

 of cultivated land which cover this island, are among 

 the kindest and most hospitable people whom I met 

 with during my stay in the United States ; and the 

 elegant cottages which they frequent during the fine 

 season of the year (autumn and winter) contain 

 everything that is comfortable and desirable. Life 

 at Edisto has always seemed to me comparable only 

 with tliat which Hannibal and his soldiers led at 

 Capua. As for me, I frankly admit that I never 

 spent happier days than those which I passed with 

 my hospitable entertainers at Schooley's Mansion \ 

 and should they ever see these words, I trust that 

 Mr. Dallifold and his family will accept them as a 

 sincere expression of my gratitude. Let the reader 



