. The dream of "Ellen N" : an illustrated descriptive and historical narrative of southern travels . toes in the world. They used to say, whenthis road was building, they never could leave any of the rails or crowbars round loose, as the skeetersd usethem to pick their teeth. I that is a yarn, however. Still, they tell the .story, and I give it for what it is worth. Then a man might have a pretty large landed estate in this region and still not be veryrich? continued that inquisitive girl. Yes, that is so. But there is one thing for which these swampsare celebrated, and that is the shoo
. The dream of "Ellen N" : an illustrated descriptive and historical narrative of southern travels . toes in the world. They used to say, whenthis road was building, they never could leave any of the rails or crowbars round loose, as the skeetersd usethem to pick their teeth. I that is a yarn, however. Still, they tell the .story, and I give it for what it is worth. Then a man might have a pretty large landed estate in this region and still not be veryrich? continued that inquisitive girl. Yes, that is so. But there is one thing for which these swampsare celebrated, and that is the shooting upon them. In certain seasons of the j-ear they are fairly alivewith wild ducks and water fowl of various varieties. Sportsmen come from all over the country, and if a mandoesnt bag all the game he can carry away in a baggage car, it is because he has never learned how topull the trigger. Then we arrived at West Pascagoula, which is four miles from Scranton, or eight hundred and twenty-fourfrom Cincinnati, and the gentleman from New Orleans began to tell us of the Creosoting works which are. situated isa process bywhich timbersthat are to bedriven intowater infestedwith boring,gnawing seaibsolutel}- safe from their insid--- attacks In brief, the sticks of timber to be1 cited aie placed in a large iron cjlinder whichl^ then closed and by an ingenious plan they arethoroughh satuiated with creosote. The workssmell to hca\en, for creosote is anythingut si\or\ Rut West Pascagoula is quite awinter rtsoit iiid the beach is lined with bathhouses, while pretty pleasure j-achts mingle withthe oyster boats and still less aristocratic craftswhich are to be seen upon the Gulf. Andnow we come to Ocean Springs, on theeast side of the Bay of Biloxi, while on thefurther side lies the famous old town of ;.su.\ ■«j l^iloxi tx<- once the capitol of the golden province of La Louisane. when La Belle France was just beginningto establish her empire in the New World
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