CHAPTER V.

CINCINNATI--A FARMER’S LIFE IN THE WOODS.

A Runaway Couple--Cincinnati and its Religious Sects--The Girl “possessed with a Devil”--I start afresh for the Woods--Bad Sport and bad Weather--Crawfish--Blackfish Lake--A Picnic in the Woods--Mule Drivers from Texas--Strong’s Plantation--A Swimming-race with the dogs--Saint Woodland’s Farm--Bee-hunting--Wild Honey--Searching for Horses--Dancing for a Dinner--Backwoods Building--Ague--My Methodist Friend--Duck-shooting--Snakes in the Swamps--Our Farming Arrangements.....117--149