Trip to the West and Texas comprising a journey of eight thousand miles, through New-York, Michigan, Illinois, Missouri, Louisiana and Texas, in the autumn and winter of 1834-5.

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Arrival at Natchez--description of the city--starts for Texas with another traveller--cotton plantations--description of the cotton plant--passage through the great Mississippi swamp--cypress knees, water and mud--Tensaw river--overtaken by night in the swamp--gloomy situation--lake Lovelace--planter's house on Indian mound--mildness of the weather--good accommodations--travelling in a right spirit--anecdote of a testy traveller. 125