. 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 . The St. Charles Hotel —New Orleans. [Page 6i.] 6o ON LAKE lazily along; ragged negro boys sit on the banks, sleepily fishing; while theintense green of the leaves is beautifully reflected from the water. Arrived nearthe lake, you catch a view of dark water in the canal in the foreground, with agayly-painted sail-boat lying clo
. 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 . The St. Charles Hotel —New Orleans. [Page 6i.] 6o ON LAKE lazily along; ragged negro boys sit on the banks, sleepily fishing; while theintense green of the leaves is beautifully reflected from the water. Arrived nearthe lake, you catch a view of dark water in the canal in the foreground, with agayly-painted sail-boat lying close to the bank; an ornamental gateway just beyond; a flock of goats browsing at * the roadside; and afar off, a white light-house standing lonely on a narrowpoint of land. You may step into asail-boat at the lake, and let a brown,ixirefooted Creole fisherman sail you-^ down to the pier where the railroadj^ from New Orleans terminates; then!jack again, up the Bayou St. John,until he lands you near the walls of^^ the old Spanish fort. There you may find a summer-house, an orchard, and a rose-garden. From the balconyyou can see a long pier running into the lake; the suns gold on the ripplingwater; the oranges in the trees below; the group of sailors tugging at thecable of their schooner; the pretty cluster of cottages near
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