. The Southern states of North America: a record of journeys in Louisiana, Texas, the Indian territory, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland . might be judiciously investedevery year. The work on the channel at the Mississippis outlet must evidentlybe perpetual, unless the plan of a canal is adopted. The Balize, now a little collection of houses at the North-east Pass, wasa famous place in its day—was, indeed, the port of New Orleans; andvessels were often detained there for weeks o
. The Southern states of North America: a record of journeys in Louisiana, Texas, the Indian territory, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland . might be judiciously investedevery year. The work on the channel at the Mississippis outlet must evidentlybe perpetual, unless the plan of a canal is adopted. The Balize, now a little collection of houses at the North-east Pass, wasa famous place in its day—was, indeed, the port of New Orleans; andvessels were often detained there for weeks on the great bar, which hadbeen labored upon to but little advantage before the cession of Louisianato the United States. The extensive French military and naval establish-ments at the Balize were utterly destroyed by the great hurricanes ofSeptember, 1740. Now-a-days, the venerable port is almost desolate; afew damp and discouraged fishermen linger sadly among the wrecks ofdeparted greatness. Pilot Town, at the South-west Pass, is interestingand ambitious. The pilots and fishermen are delightful types, and arenearly all worthy seamen and good navigators. At Pass a IOutre andSouth-west Pass the Government maintains a boarding-station for protec-. 70 RAILROADS IN LOUISIANA. tion of the revenue, and an inspector is sent up to the port of New Orleans witheach incoming vessel. Steaming back to the Louisiana capital on one of the inward-bound vessels,leaving behind you the low-lying banks; the queer towns at the mouths of thepasses, with their foundations beneath the water; the long lines of pelicanssailing disconsolately about the current; the porpoises disporting above the bars,and the alligators sullenly supine on the sand, you will land into the rush andwhir of the great commerce on the levee. If it be evening, you will hear thehoarse whistles of a dozen steamers, as they back into midstream, the negroes ontheir decks scrambling among the freight and singing rude songs, while t
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