CONTENTS. 
LETTER l.—May 12<7j. 
Philadelphia — Delaware Bay — Delights of Voyaging' — Gulf- 
stream — Floating Weeds — Dolphins — Pilotfish — Suckingfish 
— Flyingfish — Stormy Petrel — Trade Wind — Bahamas — Hole 
in the Wall — ^Florida Beef — Turtle — Portuguese Men-of- 
War ^ — Groper — Yellowtail — Marketfish — Hogfish — Catfish — 
Visit to Cayo Boca — Insects — Birds — Shells — Hermit Crab- 
Swift Crab — Sponges — Gulf of Mexico — Hermit Thrush — 
Eedstart— Kingfish — Storm — Mariners’ Lights — Mobile Point 
and Bay 1 
LETTEK ll,—May 20t7i. 
Mobile — Forests — Magnolias — Insects — White Skipper Butterfly 
— Crayfish — Prickly Pear — Alabama Eiver — Fireflies — Night- 
fires — Dawn — Bats — Whip-poor- Will — W ood-yards — Freshets 
— Trees — Scarcity of Animals — Blue Heron — Belted King- 
fisher — ^Wood-duck — Tortoise — Sinuous Course of the Eiver — 
Meeting of two Steamers — King’s Landing — Shipping Cotton 
— Master J ames — Fox-Squirrels — Tanagers — Hair-streaks — ■ 
Scarlet Woodbine— Colias— Emerald Dragonfly — Copperbelly 
— Slaves — Turkey-buzzards 25 
