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LOUISVILLE IN KENTUCKY 



LOUISVILLE in Kentucky has always been a favorite 

 place of mine. The beauty of its situation on the 

 banks of La Belle Rivihe, just at the commencement of 

 the famed rapids, commonly called the Falls of the Ohio, 

 had attracted my notice, and when I removed to it, im- 

 mediately after my marriage, I found it more agreeable 

 than ever. The prospect from the town is such that it 

 would please even the eye of a Swiss. It extends along 

 the river for seven or eight miles, and is bounded on the 

 opposite side by a fine range of low mountains, known by 

 the name of the Silver Hills. The rumbling sound of the 

 waters as they tumble over the rock-paved bed of the 

 rapids is at all times soothing to the ear. Fish and game 

 are abundant. But, above all, the generous hospitality of 

 the inhabitants, and the urbanity of their manners, had 

 induced me to fix upon it as a place of residence ; and I 

 did so with the more pleasure when I found that my wife 

 was as much gratified as myself by the kind attentions 

 which were shown to us, utter strangers as we were, on our 

 arrival. 



No sooner had we landed, and made known our inten- 

 tion of remaining, than we were introduced to the prin- 

 cipal inhabitants of the place and its vicinity, although we 

 had not brought a single letter of introduction, and could 

 not but see, from their unremitting kindness, that the 

 Virginian spirit of hospitality displayed itself in all the 



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