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LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.-- STUCK IN THE MUD.-- THE FIRST
STEAMBOAT OF THE WEST.-- VICTOR HUGO ON THE SITUATION.-- A
FREEBOOTER'S DEN.-- WHOOPING AND SAND-HILL CRANES.-- THE
SNEAK-BOX ENTERS THE MISSISSIPPI.

CHAPTER VI.
DESCENT OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. LEAVE CAIRO, ILLINOIS.-- THE
LONGEST RIVER IN THE WORLD.-- BOOK GEOGRAPHY AND BOAT
GEOGRAPHY.-- CHICKASAW BLUFF.-- MEETING WITH THE PARAKEETS.--
FORT DONALDSON.-- EARTHQUAKES AND LAKES.-- WEIRD BEAUTY OF
REELFOOT LAKE.-- JOE ECKEL'S BAR.-- SHANTY-BOAT COOKING.-- FORT
PILLOW.-- MEMPHIS.-- A NEGRO JUSTICE.-- "DE COMMON LAW OB
MISSISSIPPI."

CHAPTER VII.
DESCENT OF THE MISSISSIPPI TO NEW ORLEANS. A FLATBOAT BOUND FOR
TEXAS.-- A FLAT-MAN ON RIVER PHYSICS.-- ADRIFT AND ASLEEP.--
SEEKING THE EARTH'S LITTLE MOON.-- VICKSBURGH.-- JEFFERSON DAVIS'S
COTTON PLANTATION, AND ITS NEGRO OWNER.-- DYING IN HIS BOAT.--
HOW TO CIVILIZE CHINESE.-- A SWIM OF ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY

MILES ON THE MISSISSIPPI.-- TWENTY-FOUR HOURS IN THE WATER.--
ARRIVAL IN THE CRESCENT CITY.

CHAPTER VIII.
NEW ORLEANS. BIENVILLE AND THE CITY OF THE PAST.-- FRENCH AND
SPANISH RULE IN THE NEW WORLD.-- LOUISIANA CEDED TO THE UNITED
STATES.-- CAPTAIN EADS AND HIS JETTIES.-- TRANSPORTATION OF
CEREALS TO EUROPE.-- CHARLES MORGAN.- - CREOLE TYPES OF
CITIZENS.-- LEVEES AND CRAWFISH.-- DRAINAGE OF THE CITY INTO LAKE
PONTCHARTRAIN.

CHAPTER IX.
ON THE GULF OF MEXICO. LEAVE NEW ORLEANS.-- THE ROUGHS AT
WORK.-- DETAINED AT NEW BASIN.-- SADDLES INTRODUCES HIMSELF.--
CAMPING AT LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN.-- THE LIGHT-HOUSE OF POINT AUX
HERBES.-- THE RIGOLETS.-- MARSHES AND MOSQUITOES.-- IMPORTANT
USE OF THE MOSQUITO AND BLOW-FLY.-- ST. JOSEPH'S LIGHT.-- AN
EXCITING PULL TO BAY ST. LOUIS.-- A LIGHT-KEEPER LOST IN THE SEA.--
BATTLE OF THE SHARKS.-- BILOXI.-- THE WATER-CRESS GARDEN.-- LITTLE
JENNIE.

CHAPTER X.
FROM BILOXI TO CAPE SAN BLAS. POINTS ON THE GULF COAST.-- MOBILE
BAY.-- THE HERMIT OF DAUPHINE ISLAND.-- BON SECOURS BAY.-- A
CRACKER'S DAUGHTER.-- THE PORTAGE TO THE PERDIDO.-- THE PORTAGE
FROM THE PERDIDO TO BIG LAGOON.-- PENSACOLA BAY.-- SANTA ROSA
ISLAND.-- A NEW LONDON FISHERMAN.-- CATCHING THE POMPANO.-- A
NEGRO PREACHER AND WHITE SINNERS.-- A DAY AND A NIGHT WITH A
MURDERER.-- ST. ANDREW'S SOUND.-- ARRIVAL AT CAPE SAN BLAS.

CHAPTER XI.
FROM CAPE SAN BLAS TO ST. MARKS. A PORTAGE ACROSS CAPE SAN
BLAS.-- THE COW-HUNTERS.-- A VISIT TO THE LIGHT-HOUSE.-- ONCE MORE
ON THE SEA.-- PORTAGE INTO ST. VINCENT'S SOUND.-- APALACHICOLA.--
ST. GEORGE'S SOUND AND OCKLOCKONY RIVER.-- ARRIVAL AT ST.
MARKS.-- THE NEGRO POSTMASTER.-- A PHILANTHROPIST AND HIS
NEIGHBORS.-- A CONTINUOUS AND PROTECTED WATER-WAY FROM THE
MISSISSIPPI TO THE ATLANTIC COAST.

CHAPTER XII.
FROM ST. MARKS TO THE SUWANEE RIVER. ALONG THE COAST.-- SADDLES

BREAKS DOWN.-- A REFUGE WITH THE FISHERMEN.-- CAMP IN THE PALM
FOREST.-- PARTING WITH SADDLES.-- OUR NEIGHBOR THE ALLIGATOR.--
DISCOVERY OF THE TRUE CROCODILE IN AMERICA.- - THE DEVIL'S
WOOD-PILE.-- DEADMAN'S BAY.-- BOWLEGS POINT.-- THE COAST SURVEY
CAMP.-- A DAY ABOARD THE "READY."-- THE SUWANEE RIVER.-- THE END.
ILLUSTRATIONS
DRAWN BY F. T. MERRILL. ENGRAVED BY JOHN ANDREW & SON.
SHANTY-BOATS--THE CHAMPION FLOATERS OF THE WEST.......
FRONTISPIECE. DIAGRAM OF PARTS OF BOAT...14 INDIAN IN CANOE...28
THE START--HEAD OF THE OHIO RIVER ...31 COAL-STOVE. . .39 INDIAN
MOUND AT MOUNDSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA...54 A NIGHT UNDER A
GERMAN COVERLET...78 POPULAR IDEA OF THE NESTING OF CRANES...111
STERN-WHEEL WESTERN TOW-BOAT PUSHING FLATBOATS...114 MEETING
WITH THE PARAKEETS...125 DYING IN HIS BOAT...177 BOYTON DESCENDING
THE MISSISSIPPI...187 NEW ORLEANS ROUGHS AMUSING THEMSELVES...214
ARRIVAL AT THE GULF OF MEXICO--CAMP MOSQUITO...239 THE PORTAGE
ACROSS CROOKED ISLAND...269 SADDLES BREAKS DOWN...292 PARTING
WITH SADDLES...302 LAST NIGHT ON THE GULF OF MEXICO...322
LIST OF MAPS
DRAWN AND ENGRAVED BY THE UNITED STATES COAST AND GEODETIC
SURVEY BUREAU TO ILLUSTRATE N. H. BISHOP'S BOAT VOYAGES.
1. GENERAL MAP OF ROUTES FOLLOWED BY THE AUTHOR DURING HIS
TWO VOYAGES MADE TO THE GULF OF MEXICO, IN THE YEARS
1874-6.....OPPOSITE PAGE 1
GUIDE MAPS OF ROUTE FOLLOWED
IN DUCK-BOAT "CENTENNIAL REPUBLIC," ALONG THE GULF OF MEXICO,
IN 1876
2. FROM NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, TO MOBILE BAY,
ALABAMA. . . .OPPOSITE 209
3. FROM MOBILE BAY, ALABAMA, TO CAPE SAN BLAS,
FLORIDA. . . .OPPOSITE 247
4. FROM CAPE SAN BLAS, FLORIDA, TO CEDAR KEYS,
FLORIDA. . . .OPPOSITE 273
MAP SHOWING RIVER AND PORTAGE ROUTES
ACROSS FLORIDA FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO TO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.
5. ROUTE FOLLOWED BY THE AUTHOR IN PAPER CANOE "MARIA
THERESA," IN 1875. . . . OPPOSITE 319
[MAP OF ROUTES FOLLOWED BY N. H. BISHOP IN PAPER CANOE "MARIA
THERESA" AND DUCK-BOAT "CENTENNIAL REPUBLIC" 1874-1876]
Four Months in a Sneak-Box

CHAPTER I.
THE BOAT FOR THE VOYAGE
CANOES FOR SHALLOW STREAMS AND FREQUENT PORTAGES.--

SNEAK-BOXES FOR DEEP WATERCOURSES.-- HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION
OF THE BARNEGAT SNEAK- BOX.-- A WALK DOWN EEL STREET TO
MANAHAWKEN MARSHES.-- HONEST GEORGE, THE BOAT-BUILDER.-- THE
BUILDING OF THE SNEAK-BOX "CENTENNIAL REPUBLIC."-- ITS
TRANSPORTATION TO THE OHIO RIVER.

THE READER who patiently followed the author in his long "VOYAGE OF THE