CONTENTS. 
XI 
LETTER Xll.—SeptemheT IsL 
Manners of the South— Lawlessness — Quarrelsomeness— Slavery 
— Its Influence on Character — Torture — Flogging — Desertion 
— Patrols — Bloodhounds — Hunger — Anticipations — Emanci- 
pation — Slavery a Curse » . . , . 250 
LETTER XIIL — September 20^A 
Night in the Swamp — Fan Palms — Gerardia— -Cardinal Flower 
— Fox-grape— Haws — Plums — Swamp Beech — Luminous Fun- 
gus— A Challenge — The Eagle Owl — Calls and Responses — 
Cypress Swamp — Desolation — Night Heron— Cypress — Light- 
stand— Blind Hawk-moth — Mole Cricket — Its Structure and 
Economy— Its Song . . . , , 256 
LETTER XiY.— October 
Weather and Health — Deer-hunting — Virginian Deer — Hunt- 
ing-ground — Driving — Forest-riding — Its Danger — Night- 
shooting — A tame Fawn — Hog-hunting — Flavour of Wild 
Pork — A gallant Pig — Lairs of the Wild Hog — Wild Cattle— 
A ferocious Cow shot — Insect-hunting — Abundance of Butter- 
flies — Walking-leaves— Spectres — Mottled Owl . . , 266 
LETTER XY . — October lOth. 
Cotton-picking — Beauty of Cotton-flelds — Pods — Task-work — 
Defalcations — Cotton Gin — Its Operation — Packing— Mules — 
A Curious Fact — Stinging Caterpillars — Strange Tent-maker 
— Birth of a Moth 277 
LETTER XVL — November 1st 
A varied Walk — Ipomaea — Poke- weed — Dog-wood — Persimon 
— Opossum — Oaks — Magnolias — Pine-woods — Turpentine — 
A Tree on Fire — Tar-making— Evening Primrose — Willow 
herb — Golden-rod — Caterpillars and Cocoons , , . , 286 
