Transatlantic Sketches, Comprising Visits to the Most Interesting Scenes in North and South America, and the West Indies. with Notes on Negro Slavery and Canadian Emigration
Transatlantic Sketches, Comprising Visits to the Most Interesting Scenes in North and South America, and the West Indies. with Notes on Negro Slavery and Canadian Emigration
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. ...
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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. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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