VIU CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER m. 



OHIO — INDIANA — ILLINOIS — MISSOURI. 



"Wet and Weary — Out in the Woods — The Forest Mill — A Racoon 



— A Pleasant Travelling Companion — My Israelite Fellow- 

 lodgers — Fording the Wabash — A Wet Road — Buck-shooting 



— Illinois and its Climate — I set off for New Orleans — Lead 

 Mines in Missouri 61 — 82 



CHAPTER lY. 



AKKANSAS, AND " DOWN RIV'ER " TO NEW ORLEANS. 



The Eagle — An Old Settler — My unsuccessful Hunting Dog — 

 The Polish Refugee's Habitation — An Unnecessary Circuit — 

 Indian Tribe — Little Rock in Arkansas — ^My Engagement on 

 board the " Fox " — QuaiTel with the Captain — An uncomfort- 

 able Night — Treatment of Slaves — A Woodland Supper — A 

 Panther — Bear-shooting — Life among the Indians — An Indian 

 Shooting Party — Wolf Traps — Narrow Escape for my Canoe — 

 By Steamer to New Orleans 83 — 116 



CHAPTER V. 



CINCINNATI — A FARMER'S LIFE IN THE WOODS. 



A Runaway Couple — Cincinnati and its Religious Sects — The Girl 

 " possessed with a Devil " — I start afresh for the Woods — Bad 

 Sport and bad Weather — Crawfish — Blackfish Lake — A Pic- 

 nic in the Woods — Mule Drivers from Texas — Strong's Planta- 

 tion — A Swimming-race with the dogs — Saint Woodland's 

 Farm — Bee-hunting — Wild Honey — Searching for Horses — 

 Dancing for a Dinner — Backwoods Building — Ague — My Meth- 

 odist Friend — Duck-shooting — Snakes in the Swamps — Our 

 Farming Arrangements 117 — 149 



