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were soon on the broad waters of the Gulf of Mexico. We 
had as passenger Mr Crawrorp, the British Consul at Tam- 
pico; and after a pleasant voyage, anchored on the 24th with- 
in the south-west Pass of the Mississippi. After visiting Cap- 
tain Taytor and his family at the Balize, we were towed by 
a steamer to New Orleans, where we arrived on the 27th. 
Here I had the gratification of meeting with my youngest 
brother-in-law, WILLIAM G. BAKEWELL, Esq. of Louisville, Ken- 
tucky, as well as with his amiable wife, neither of whom I 
had seen for several years. 
The commercial revolution which had taken place during 
our absence, prompted us to proceed at once to the eastward, 
and bidding farewell to our friends, I and my son set out 
for Charleston by way of Mobile, whence we crossed the 
country in a cart with the United States’ mail-bags, where- 
on, in lieu of downy beds and pillows, our bones rested in 
cramped positions during the night, whilst by day we had 
ample opportunities of walking over miserable roads, through 
an almost uncultivated country, and with very indifferent fare. 
On reaching Montgomery, however, we met with a good coach, 
and moved more rapidly toward our destination. 
My friend Epwarp Harris had parted from us, at New 
Orleans, and gone up the Mississippi to secure for me a col- 
lection of preserved Reptiles and other objects; but, after a 
more pleasant journey than ours, by way of Mobile, Pensacola, 
and the level country between the latter and Augusta in 
Georgia, joined us again at the house of our friend Dr Bacu- 
MAN, where we arrived on the 5th of June. And here, good- 
natured Reader, let me say to you, that the friendship which 
had so long subsisted between that reverend gentleman and 
