392 D0TT1XGS ON THE HOAD SIDE. [Chap. XXIV.—B. P. 
I accordingly commend it to their notice, but hope 
they will not think of cooling refractory democratic 
niggers in an icehouse. Joking apart, you cannot 
make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear; and I strongly 
suspect that even now some of the most rabid anti¬ 
slavery men in the United States begin to see the mis¬ 
take they have made in claiming relationship with an 
alien and far inferior race, and in suddenly elevating 
its members to a political equality, which is rather an 
evil than otherwise to the recipients, and which is 
most certainly detrimental to the interests of the 
donors. 
Just when daylight had fully dawned, we passed a 
remarkable triangular rock near the right bank, and 
by the ripple against it I could see there was a current 
running down of about a knot an hour. I should 
judge this rock to be about twenty miles from the 
mouth; and as the banks are low, cut out square from 
the land, and covered with grass and forest trees very 
similar in appearance all the way, it formed quite 
a feature in the river. The banks here are about five 
feet in height, and, I was assured, are often overflowed 
by freshets in the wet season. 
During the night I had been much struck by the 
rapid winding of the river, but by daylight the bends 
seemed even more sharp • indeed, in many instances, 
a tree passed close to on the right-hand a few minutes 
previously, would stand out in bold relief in the next 
turn, and apparently as near as before, thus showing 
how very narrow the points of land must be. In fact, 
I have never seen a river with so many turns, not even 
