CONTENTS. Vll 



CHAP. XXY. 



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Voyage from Mobile to Tuscaloosa. Visit to the Coal- 

 Field of Alabama. Its Agreement in Age with the an 

 cient Coal of Europe. Absenteeism in Southern States. 

 Progress of Negroes. Unthriftiness of Slave-Labour. 

 University of Tuscaloosa. Churches. Bankruptcies. 

 Judges and Law Courts. Geology on the Tombeckbee 

 Kiver. Artesian Wells. Limestone Bluff of St. Ste 

 phen s. Negro shot by Overseer. Involuntary Efforts 

 of the Whites to civilise the Negroes. New Statute in 

 Georgia against Black Mechanics. The Effects of 

 speedy Emancipation and the free Competition of White 

 and Black Labourers considered - - 77 



CHAP. XXVI. 



Return to Mobile. Excursion to the Shores of the Gulf 

 of Mexico. View from Lighthouse. Mouth of Alabama 

 River. Gnathodon inhabiting Brackish Water. Banks 

 of these Fossil Shells far Inland. Miring of Cattle. 

 Yellow Fever at Mobile in 1 839. Fire in same Year. 

 Voyage from Mobile to New Orleans. Movers to Texas. 

 Lake Pontchartrain. Arrival at New Orleans. St. 

 Louis Hotel. French Aspect of City. Carnival. Pro 

 cession of Masks - - - 102 



CHAP. XXVII. 



Catholic Cathedral, New Orleans. French Opera. Creole 

 Ladies. Quadroons. Marriage of Whites with Qua 

 droons. St. Charles Theatre. English Pronunciation. 

 Duellist s Grave. Ladies Ordinary. Procession of 

 Fire Companies. Boasted Salubrity of New Orleans. 

 Goods selling at Northern Prices. Mr. Wilde. Roman 

 Law. Shifting of Capital to Baton Rouge. Debates in 

 Houses of Legislature. Convention and Revision of 

 the Laws. Policy of Periodical State Conventions. 

 Judges cashiered. Limitation of their Term of Office 114 



