528 CORPUS CHRISTI 
CHAPTER XLV. 
CORPUS CHRISTI TO WASHINGTON. 
‘Corpus Christi—Its fine position—Geographical features of the country— 
Nueces Bay and River—A norther—Its effects on the fish in the lagu- 
nas—Leave Corpus Christi in an open boat—Shallow bays and lagunas 
of the Gulf—Vast numbers of water-fowl—Bays of Aransas and Espiri- 
tu Santo—Reach Decrow’s Point—Matagorda Bay and its commerce— 
Embark for New Orleans—Galveston—Arrival at New Orleans—Voy- 
age up the Mississippi, and by way of Louisville, Cincinnati, Cleveland, 
Buffalo, and Albany to Providence—Arrival at home—Proceed t 
Washin 
Tue town of Corpus Christi is more pleasantly situated 
than any place I had yet seen on the Gulf of Mexico, 
having the advantage of a bluff from eighty to one 
hundred feet high above the shores of the Gulf. The 
business portion of the town stands chiefly on the 
beach below ; but the bluff is now being covered with 
_ dwelling houses, and is by far the most pleasant situa- 
tion. Like other places on the northern shores of the 
Gulf, it is separated from the sea by a broad bay. 
Here there is plenty of water; but on the bar which 
connects it with the Gulf there i is only about six feet. 
Corpus Christi Bay is about forty miles from north to — 
south, and twenty from east to west. Connected with 
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