CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XV. 



PAGE 



Washington to Richmond. Legislature of Virginia in Session. Substi 

 tution of White for Slave Labor. Progress of Negro Instruction ,~ 



-^-SJave-dealers. Kindness to Negroes. Coal of Oolitic Period near 

 Richmond. Visit to the Mines. Upright Fossil Trees. Deep Shafts, 

 and &quot;Thickness of Coal Seams. Explosion of Gas. Natural Coke. 

 Resemblance of the more modern Coal-measures to old Carboniferous 

 Rocks. Whites working with free Negroes in the Mines . . . 205 



CHAPTER XVI. 



Journey through North Carolina. Wilmington. Recent Fire and Pass 

 ports for Slaves. Cape Fear River and Smithfield. Spanish Moss, 

 and Uses of. Charleston. Anti-Negro Feeling. Passage from Mu- 

 lattoes to Whites. Law against importing free Blacks. Dispute with 

 Massachusetts. Society in Charleston. Governesses. War-Panic. 

 Anti-English Feeling caused by Newspaper Press. National Arbitra 

 tion of the Americans. Dr. Bachman s Zoology. Geographical 

 Representation of Species. Rattle-Snakes. Turkey Buzzards . .218 



CHAPTER XVII. 



Charleston to Savannah. Beaufort River, or Inland Navigation in South 

 Carolina. Slave Stealer. Cockspur Island. Rapid growth of Oysters. 

 Eagle caught by Oyster. Excursion from Savannah to Skiddaway 

 Island. Megatherium and Mylodon. Cabbage Palms, or tree Palmet 

 tos. Deceptive Appearance of Submarine Forest. Alligators swal 

 lowing Flints. Their Tenacity of Life when decapitated. Grove 

 of Live Oaks. Slaves taken to Free States 230 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



Savannah to Darien. Anti-Slavery Meetings discussed. War with 

 England. Landing at Darien. Crackers. Scenery on Altamaha 

 River. Negro Boatmen singing. Marsh Blackbird in Rice Grounds. 

 Hospitality of Southern Planters. New Clearing and Natural Rotation 

 of Trees. Birds. Shrike and Kingfisher. Excursion to St. Simon s 

 Island. Butler s Island and Negroes. Stumps of Trees in Salt 



