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perienced great scruples on account of keeping in her library the 
Ency clopedie, in which so many wicked things were contained 
in opposition to the church. She inquired of him whether she 
had not better throw this shocking book into the fire? He him¬ 
self being a great book fancier, and having observed that the work 
was complete, forbid this pious proceeding, and told her that if 
she would commit it to his custody, he would provide against its 
proving prejudicial. In this manner he saved this expensive 
work from destruction, and thereby enriched his own library. 
CHAPTER XX. 
Travels up the Mississippi from New Orleans to St. Louis , 
and to St. Charles , on the Missouri. 
AFTER a stay of nine weeks, I at length left New Orleans, 
on the 26th of March, with the most grateful feelings towards 
its inhabitants, who had received me in a friendly and affec¬ 
tionate manner, and had made this winter so extremely agree¬ 
able to me. Never shall I forget what the families of Messrs. 
Grymes, Urquhart and Andry, did for my benefit, and with 
what cordiality and true hospitality they acted towards me. 
The Baron de Marigny has, however, merited the most from 
my hands, and since he has it in prospect to leave Ame¬ 
rica, and settle himself in Europe, I trust yet once more to 
have it in my power to exhibit my gratitude to him otherwise 
than by words. The real creoles are, upon the whole, a warm¬ 
hearted generation, and the people with whom I was least pleased 
here, were the Americans, who are mostly brought only by the de¬ 
sire of accumulating wealth. The Germans in Louisiana, unhappily 
rank behind even the Irish. They are mostly a lazy race, not dis¬ 
tinguished for their morality, and very different from their coun¬ 
trymen in Pennsylvania, who, on account of their moral and 
industrious characters, are universally respected, and are worthy 
of this high regard. 
Since my landing in Boston, on the 26th July, to my reaching 
New Orleans, I had travelled the distance of four thousand two 
hundred and seventy-five English miles. I entered now upon 
another great journey. I designed to go from here to St. 
Louis, thence through the states of Illinois, Indiana and Ohio 
to Pittsburgh, thence through Pennsylvania by Philadelphia to 
New York. Here I proposed, with God’s help, to embark for 
Liverpool, in the month of June. 
