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Places of Worship. Public Buildings. State Prison. Courts
of Law. Board of Health. Quarantine Station. Chamber
of Commerce. Inspectors of Lumber, &c. Commerce of
New York. Increase of Commerce. Abundance of Provi-
sions. Articles brought to Market. Price of Commodities
at New York. Charitable Institutions. The Ladies' So-
ciety for the Relief of poor Widows with small Children.
Newspapers. Literary Fair
CHAPTER XXIX.
page 66
Number of Deaths at New York. Mode of living in America.
The Yellow Fever. Population of New York. Deaths.
Church-yards. Funerals. Society of New York. Elegant
Women. French and English Dresses. Fine Figures. De-
licate Complexions. Bad Teeth, a groundless Charge. Edu-
cation. Thirst after Knowledge. Arts and Sciences. Li-
terature. Taste for Reading. Salmagundi. The Echo.
Barlow's Columbiad. Smoking. Style of living at New
York. Splendid Marriages. Great Fortunes. Anecdote of
a Sailor. Quakers' Meeting. Quakers. Anecdote of a
Jew. Singing Schools, Christmas Day. Political Parties.
Duels
CHAPTER XXX.
page 81
Leave New York for Charleston. Take passage in the Calli-
ope. Fellow Passengers. The Irish Knife-grinder. Gun-
boats. Quarantine Ground. Sandy Hook. Gulf Stream.
Arrival at Charleston. Streets. Houses. Public Buildings.
East Bay. St. Michael's. The Branch Bank. Charleston
Library. The Museum. Poisonous Tree. Pernicious Ef-
fects of the Pride of India. Turkey Buzzards. Dead Horses.
The Golgotha. Negligence of the Municipality. Public
Buildings. The Orphan House. The Theatre. Vauxhall.
Anecdote of Mrs. S-. Unfortunate Courtship. The Mar-
ket-place. Productions. Price of Provisions, &c. page 114
CHAPTER XXXI.
Population of Charleston. Society. The Planters. Extrava-
gance and Dissipation. Money Lenders.
Long Credit.
CONTENTS.
Charleston Races. Jockey Club. Race Course. Balls and
Concerts. Amusements of the People. Rifle Shooting.
Duelling. Sullivan's Island. Outrages at Charleston. Riots
among the Sailors. Consequences of the Embargo. Ameri,
can Seamen enter the British Service
CHAPTER XXXII.
page 145
Servants at Charleston. Slaves. Slave Trade. Slave Mer-
chants. The Bargain Buyer. Observations upon the Slave
Trade. The Treatment of Africans. Refined Cruelty.
People of Colour and Mulattoes. Negro Characteristics.
Religious Fanaticism. Methodist Preachers pelted in their
Pulpits. Manners of the Negroes. An Anecdote of a Ne-
gro and his Wife. Their intrepid Death. Religion. Ser-
vice of the Episcopal Churches in the United States. Meth-
odist Meetings. Marriages. Funerals. Novelty of an Un-
dertaker's Profession in Charleston. Charitable Societies.
Free Masons.
CHAPTER XXXIII.
page 163
Legislature of South Carolina. City of Columbia. Revenue.
Expenses of the City of Charleston. Taxes. Courts of Law,
Curious Trial. Portraits of Washington and Hamilton more
saleable than those of Jefferson. Review on Charleston
Race Ground. Militia of South Carolina. Volunteer Corps
of Charleston. Field-day. Field-day. Military Force of the United
States badly disciplined. Satire upon American Discipline,
A Militia Muster page 183
CHAPTER XXXIV.
Arts, Sciences, and Literature of South Carolina. Newspapers,
Incomes of the Planters. Houses. Productions of the Soil.
Implements of Husbandry. Waggons. Sledges. Grasses.
Pasture Lands. Manufactures. Gunpowder. Grist Mills.
Manufactories of Cordage. Commerce of South Carolina.
Neutral Trade. Conduct of the Belligerents. Exports from
Charleston
page 203
Climate of South Carolina. Musquitoes. Whirlwinds. Storms
of Hail. Immense Hailstones. Remarkable Sleet. Sudden
Changes of Weather. State of the Weather in Charleston for
1807. Stranger's Fever. Mountains covered with Snow.
Vicissitudes of Climate. Obituary from the Bills of Morta-
lity in Charleston during five years
CHAPTER XXXVI.
page 216
Four-Mile
Pine Barrens.
Journey from Charleston to Savannah on Foot.
House. Ashley River. Rantowle's Creek.
Live Oaks. Moss. Solitary Walk through the Woods. Lose
my Way. Meet a Negro. Arrive at the Twenty-three Mile
House. Tavern-keeper. Anecdote of Mr. C. Resume
my Journey the next Morning. Overtake a travelling Negro.
Arrive at the Village of Jacksonborough. Dine there.
into the Stage. Fellow Passengers. A French Traveller.
His Opinion of the Americans. Bonaparte's Death. A new
Revolution in France. Pocotaligo. Coosywhatchie. Arrive
at Purrysburgh. Col. Purry. Indian Tumuli. Negro Boat
Song
CHAPTER XXXVII.
page 226
Savannah. Colonel Shelman's Hotel. Yazoo Bubble. Cha-
racter of the Georgians. Settlement of Georgia. Augusta.
St. Mary's. Town of Savannah. Houses. Streets. Pride of
India. Promenade. The Exchange. Assembly-Room. Po-
pulation of Savannah. Burying-Ground. Hurricane of 1806.
Arts and Sciences. Military Force. Religion. American
Fanaticism. Camp Meetings. Blasphemous Scenes. Mid-
night Orgies in the Forest, compared with the gentle and
sublime Conduct of the Redeemer. Mild Doctrines of Chris-
tianity. The Christian Religion a Religion of Charity and
Benevolence to all the World
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
page 256
Leave Savannah. Excursion up Savannah River. Inundations.
Swamp Plantations. Alligators. Anecdote of an Alligator.
Terrebins. Water Vipers. Rattle Snakes. Journey through
Black Snakes. Variety of Birds.
Beautiful
the Woods.
Plumage. An Adventure in the Woods. A disinterested
Physician. Fire in the Forest. Immense Body of Smoke.
Seasons of South Carolina. Cotton Plantations. Bad Roads.
Waggoners or Crackers. Roads of South Carolina
at Charleston
CHAPTER XXXIX.
Arrive
page 276
Leave Charleston. Embark for New York in the Calliope Packet.
Gale of Wind. Drunken Pilot. Anecdote of a Negro Pilot.
Arrival at New York. Melancholy Effects of the Embargo.
Leave New York in the Stage for Boston. Pass through
Haerlem. Newhaven. General Bradley. The two Crown-
inshields. Virginian Drams. Virginian Fighting. Gouging,
Kicking, and Biting. Fight between a German Gentleman
and a Carolinian at Monte Video. Arrive at Hartford. Man-
ners of the People of Connecticut. Productions. General
Face of the Country Stafford Springs. Handsome Houses
and Churches. Arrive at Worcester. Crim. Con. Univer-
salists. Marlborough. Dispute about building a Church.
Congregationalists. An American Election. Characters
of the New Englanders. Prejudices of former Travellers.
Lower Orders. The "French Mounseer." Lower Orders
of the English. Dress and Manners of the New England
Females
CHAPTER XL.
page 291
Arrival at Boston. Agreeable Situation. Beacon Hill. The
Park. East Boston. Longwharf. Market Places. New
Hotel. Population of Boston. Religion. Manners of the
first Settlers. Rigidity of Character. Governor Hancock.
His Partiality to Negroes and Animosity to Theatres satirized
by the Echo. Visit to the Theatre and the Circus. Captain
Girod. Colonel Moulin. Captain de Frotte. Their extra-
ordinary Escape from Fort Joux in Franche Comté. Lite-
rature. Newspapers. Military Funeral. Manufactures,
Contrast between the Northern Merchant and the Southern
Planter. Visit to Bunker's Hill Plymouth
page 326
Biographical Notices and Anecdotes of some of the most emi-
ron.
-Thomas
Aaron Burr.
nent Public Characters in the United States
Jefferson. James Madison. John Adams.
Blannerhasset. General Hamilton. John Randolph. Gar-
denier. Albert Gallatin. Thomas Addis Emmet. General
Moreau. Madame Jerome Bonaparte. Robert R. Living-
ston. Joel Barlow. Chief Justice Jay. Commodore Bar-
Dr. Mitchill. General Pinckney. James Munroe.
Commerce of the United States. Exports and Imports for
1807. Duties upon Imports at the principal Sea-port Towns.
Salaries of the principal Officers of the Government. Names
of the separate States belonging to the Federal Republic.
General statistical View of the United States for a Period of
Twenty Years
page 353
CHAPTER XLII.
Leave Boston, Crowded Stage. Concord. Keene. Walpole.
Newspapers. Diffusion of Knowledge and Information
among the Country People. Leave New Hampshire. Enter
Vermont. Origin of its Name. Stupendous Mountains.
Particulars respecting Vermont. Arrive at Rutland. Indis-
position there. Canadian Merchant. Quaint Phrases and
Expressions of the Americans. An American Language.
Christian Names. Arrive at Middlebury. Vergennes. Bad
Roads through the Forests. A remarkable Thief. Arrival
at Burlington. Account of that Town. Meet David. Con-
tinue my Journey to St. Alban's. Cross the Lake. Choisy.
Potash Manufactory. Journey from thence to La Prairie.
Arrive at Montreal
page 495
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