Transatlantic Sketches, Comprising Visits to the Most Interesting Scenes in North and South America, and the West Indies, Vol. 2 of 2 With Notes on Negro Slavery and Canadian Emigration (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Transatlantic Sketches, Comprising Visits to the Most Interesting Scenes in North and South America, and the West Indies, Vol. 2 of 2: With Notes on Negro Slavery and Canadian Emigration

Detention in New Orleans. Insalubrity of the Climate. Great Mortality among Irish Labourers. Precautions against Yellow Fever. - Why New Orleans is called the Wet Grave. Sepulchres. - 'gambling. - Population. Commerce., - Waggon road from the Atlantic to the Pacific. - Duelling in the West ern States. A Monster at large. Contrast between the Eastern and Western States - Rival Undertakers. - A Hearse recommended. Stores of ready-made Coffins. Reasonable Charges. - Bals de Bouquet. - Another Hurricane. - The Texas Territory. - Nature of Inquiries regarding it. - The Boundaries and Area - Americans desirous of possessing it.-americans and Mexicans not on good terms. - Emigration. - Colonel Aus tin's and De Witt's Settlements. - Improper persons introduced into Texas. - Slaves. - Anticipated Conquest. - The Face of the Country. - Mountain Ranges. - Prairies. - Rivers. The Cli mate. Timber. Mines. Productions. Government. Towns. - Concluding remarks on Texas.

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