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MUD-LUMPS OF THE MISSISSIPPI. 



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so far as I am aware, in the delta of any other river. I often 

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Map showing the positions of the Wart and Carr's Mud-lumps at the North- 

 east Pass of the Mississippi Eiver, from a survey of Capt. Talcott, in 

 1839.* 



the height of several feet, or even yards above the level of 

 high tide, and this in places where there had previously been 



fathoms 

 ■lumps/ as they call them, sometimes 



me 



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surface the anchors of vessels, and in one instance, a cargo of 



* This map and the views of the two 

 mud-lumps were kindly communicated 



to me by Gen 

 Engineers. 



Humphreys, of the U. S. 



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