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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Rivers of Texas--seacoast--mill-seats--land grants--number of inhabitants--exports--inhabitants indolent--cheapness of land and manner of obtaining it--reptiles and animals--panther--flies--moschetoes--Indian tribes--water too warm. 182