. The California horticulturist and floral magazine. Fruit-culture; Gardening. THE CALIFORNIA HORTICULTURIST. 205. god and (Bun. THE OHIO EIVER, OE "LA BELLE ; It is now many years since we were intimately acquainted with this lovely stream. Long ago we navigated it in several different ways. Once in a large flat-boat from Cincinnati to Cairo, where it flows into the Mississippi ; and from thence we voyaged to New Orleans. Several times we had small fishing flat- boats with a cabin built on top of them, and lived in them for weeks, enjoying the different kinds of angling whic
. The California horticulturist and floral magazine. Fruit-culture; Gardening. THE CALIFORNIA HORTICULTURIST. 205. god and (Bun. THE OHIO EIVER, OE "LA BELLE ; It is now many years since we were intimately acquainted with this lovely stream. Long ago we navigated it in several different ways. Once in a large flat-boat from Cincinnati to Cairo, where it flows into the Mississippi ; and from thence we voyaged to New Orleans. Several times we had small fishing flat- boats with a cabin built on top of them, and lived in them for weeks, enjoying the different kinds of angling which that river afforded. "We caught channel catfish, white perch, red fins or red horse, buffalo fish, sturgeon, and Ohio salmon or pike-perch, etc. We fished numberless times in all kinds of small boats, or what were called skiffs, with rod and line from the stern, having fine sport in bringing up our piscatorial victims against the strong current. Thousands of days have we spent in this manner long time ago. The banks of the Ohio are generally precipitous, rising oftentimes into cliffs 300 feet in height, with bottom lands of the greatest fertility. The forests when we first frequented the river almost every- where cast their shadows upon it, con- sisting of gigantic trees of almost every variety peculiar to the latitude, but these have been greatly cleared off, and handsome farms, with houses and villa residences, have taken their places. The wooded islands, many of which are now finely cultivated, and which gem its bosom, are numberless. It3 soft and placid scenery as you wind around its many reaches, especially in the evening when the long shadows throw them- selves across its waters and its shores, is really enchanting. To attempt a description of these scenes and more practical associations, one may well give up the task in despair. "We felt years ago, as we feel now, that this river, like all the magnificent rivers of our land, can only be adequately por- trayed
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