two story, and in a handsome style. The houses 

 generally are commodiously constructed for the 

 transacting business, and the free admission of 

 air in the hot season. The prospect from the 

 city is delightful ; commanding an extensive view 

 of the river in both directions. There are two 

 printing offices, issuing weekly papers ; a post 

 office, receiving a mail once a week ; several mer- 

 cantile houses, and a large number of smaller 

 stores and shops. Great quantities of cotton, in- 

 digo, tobacco, and other commodities, are annu- 

 ally shipped from this city, where the accumula- 

 tion of wealth is pursued with industry and 

 ardour. It is a port of entry, and ships of four 

 hundred tons can come up from Orleans, which 

 is about three hundred miles, without any other 

 obstruction than the strength of the current. 



The land in the district of Natchez is generally 

 rich and very productive. It is elevated ground, 

 extending about one hundred and thirty miles on 

 the Mississippi, and from twenty to thirty miles 

 back from the river. Some parts of it are broken, 

 by hills, which favours the raising of horses, neat 

 cattle, sheep, and swine. In the woods and. 

 swamps they get their living during the winter. 

 The wool of the sheep is not so good, being more 

 hairy than in the country further north. Fre- 

 quent changes in the state of the weather are ex- 

 perienced in the winter, but is rarely excessive 

 hot in the summer. 



