Originally published: New York : Harper & Brothers, 1835.

CONTENTS:

CONTENTS:

Volume 1

I : States of bliss -- Cabin passenger -- Honey-hunting -- Sea-life -- Its effects -- Green horns / Reading -- Tempicide -- Monotony -- Wish for excitement -- Superlative misery -- Log -- Combustible materials -- Cook and bucket -- Contrary winds -- All ready, good Sirs -- Impatient passengers -- Signal for sailing -- Leave-takings -- Sheet home -- Under weigh

II : A tar’s headway on land -- A gentleman’s at sea -- An agreeable trio -- Musical sounds -- Helmsman -- Supper Steward -- A truism -- Helmsman’s cry -- Effect -- Cases for bipeds -- Lullaby -- Sleep

III : Shakspeare -- Suicide or a ‘foul’ deed -- A conscientious table -- Fishing smacks -- A pretty boy -- Old Skipper, Skipper junior, and little Skipper -- A young Caliban -- An alliterate Man -- Fisherman -- Nurseries -- Navy -- The Way to train up a Child -- Gulf Stream -- Humboldt -- Crossing the Gulf -- Ice ships -- Yellow fields -- Flying fish -- A game at bowls -- Bermuda -- A post of observation -- Men, dwellings, and women of Bermuda -- St. George -- English society -- Washing decks -- Mornings at sea -- Evenings at sea -- A Moonlit scene -- The ocean on fire -- Its phosphorescence -- Hypotheses

IV : Land -- Abaco -- Fleet -- Hole in the Wall -- A wrecker’s hut -- Bahama vampyres -- Light houses -- Conspiracy -- Wall of Abaco -- Natural Bridge -- Cause -- Night scene -- Speak a packet ship / A floating city -- Wrecker’s lugger -- signal of distress -- A Yankee lumber brig -- Portuguese Man-of-War --

V : A calm -- A breeze on the water -- The land of flowers -- Juan Ponce de Leon -- The fountain of perpetual youth -- An irremediable loss to single gentlemen -- Gulf Stream -- New-Providence -- Cuba -- Pan of Matanzas -- Blue hills of Cuba -- An armed cruiser / Cape St. Antonio -- Pirates -- Enter the Mexican Gulf -- Molle ?? A southern winter -- A farewell to the North and a welcome to the South -- The close of the voyage -- Balize -- Fleet -- West Indiaman -- Portuguese polacre -- Land ho! -- The land -- Its formation -- Pilot or “little brief authority”-- Light house -- Revenue cutter -- Newspapers -- “The meeting of the waters” -- A singular appearance -- A morning off the Balize -- The tow-boat --

VI. The Mississippi -- The Whale -- Description of tow-boats -- A package -- A threatened storm -- A beautiful brigantine -- Physiognomy of ships -- Richly furnished cabin -- An obliging Captain -- Desert the ship -- Getting under weigh -- A chain of captives -- Towing -- New Orleans -- A mystery to be unraveled --

VII. Louisiana -- Arrival at New-Orleans -- Land -- Pilot stations -- Pilots -- Anecdote -- Fort -- Forests -- Levee -- Crevasses -- Alarms -- Accident -- Espionage -- A Louisianian palace -- Grounds -- Sugar-house -- quarters -- An African governess -- Sugar-cane -- St. Mary -- “English Turn” -- Cavalcade -- Battle ground -- Music Sounds of the distant city -- Land in New-Orleans -- An amateur sailor --

VII. Bachelor’s comforts -- A valuable valet -- Disembarked at the levee -- A fair Castilian -- Canaille -- The Crescent city -- Reminiscence of school days -- French cabarets -- Cathedral -- Exchange -- Cornhill -- A chain of light -- A fracas -- Gens d’armes -- An affair of honour / Arrive at our hotel.

IX. Sensations on seeing a city for the first time -- Capt. Kidd -- Boston -- Fresh feelings -- An appreciated luxury -- A human medley -- School for physiognomists -- A morning scene in New-Orleans -- Canal Street -- Levee -- French and English stories -- Parisian and Louisianian pronunciation -- Scenes in the market -- Shipping -- A disguised rover -- Mississippi fleets -- Ohio river arks -- Slave laws.

X. First impressions -- A hero of the “Three Days” -- Children’s ball -- Life in New-Orleans -- A French supper -- Omnibusses -- Chartres street at twilight -- Calaboose -- Guard house -- The vicinage of a theatre -- French cafés -- Scenes in the interior of a café -- Dominos -- Tobbacco smokers -- New Orleans society --

XI. Interior of a ball room -- Creole ladies -- Infantile dancers -- French children -- American children -- A singular division -- New-Orleans ladies -- Northern and southern beauty -- An agreeable custom -- Leave the assembly room -- An olio of languages -- The Exchange -- Confusion of tongues -- Temples of Fortune --

XII. The Goddess of fortune -- Billiard rooms -- A professor -- Hells -- A respectable banking community -- “BIack-legs” -- Faro described -- Dealers -- Bank -- A novel mode of franking -- Roulette-table -- A Supper in Oreus -- Pockets to let -- Dimly lighted streets -- Some things not so bad as they are represented --

XIII. A sleepy porter -- Cry of fire -- Noise in the streets -- A wild Scene at midnight -- A splendid illumination -- Steamers wrapped in flames -- A river on fire -- Firemen -- A lively scene -- Floating cotton -- Boatmen -- An ancient Portuguese Charon -- A boat race -- Pugilists -- A hero --

XIV.
Canal Street -- OctagonaI church -- Governing house -- Future prospects of New-Orleans -- Roman chapel -- Mass for the dead -- Interior of the chapel / Mourners -- Funeral Cemeteries -- Neglect of the dead -- English and American grave yards—Regard of European nations for their dead -- Roman Catholic cemetery in New Orleans -- Funeral procession -- Tombs -- Burying in water -- Protestant grave-yard --

XV.
An old friend -- Variety in the styles of building -- Love for flowers -- The basin -- Congo square -- The African bon-ton of New-Orleans -- City canals -- Effects of the cholera -- Barracks -- Guard-houses -- The ancient convent of the Ursulines -- The school for boys -- A venerable edifice -- Principal -- Recitations -- Mode of instruction -- Primary department -- Infantry tactics -- Education in general in New-Orleans --

XVI.
Rail-road -- A new avenue to commerce -- Advantages of the railway -- Ride to the lake -- The forest -- Village at the lake -- Pier -- Fishers -- Swimmers -- Mail-boat -- Cafés -- Return -- An Unfortunate cow -- New-OrIeans streets --

XVII. The legislature -- Senators and representatives -- Tenney -- Gurley -- Ripley -- Good feeling among members -- Translated speeches -- Ludicrous situations -- Slave law -- Bishop’s hotel -- Tower -- View from its summit -- Bachelor establishments -- Peculiar state of society --

XVIII. Saddle horses and accoutrements -- Banks -- Granite -- Church members -- French mode of dressing -- Quadroons -- Gay scene and groups in the streets -- Sabbath evening -- Duelling ground -- An extensive cotton press -- A literary germ -- A mysterious institution -- Scenery in the suburbs -- Convent -- Catholic education --

XIX. Battle-ground -- Scenery on the road -- A peaceful scene -- American and British quarters -- View of the field of battle -- Breastworks -- Oaks -- Packenham -- A Tennessee rifleman -- Anecdote -- A gallant British officer -- Grape-shot -- Young traders -- A relic -- Leave the ground -- A last view of it from the Levee --

XX. Scene in a bar room -- Affaires d’honneur -- A Sabbath morning -- Host -- Public square -- Military parades -- Scenes in the interior of a cathedral -- Mass -- A sanctified family -- Crucifix -- Different ways of doing the same thing -- Altar -- Paintings -- The Virgin -- Females devotees --

XXI. Sabbath in New-Orleans -- Theatre -- Interior -- A New-Orleans audience -- Performance -- Checks -- Theatre d’Orleans -- Interior -- Boxes -- Audience -- Play -- Actors and actresses -- Institutions -- M. Poydras -- Liberality of the Orleanese -- Extracts from Flint upon New-Orleans --

XXLL A drive into the country -- Pleasant road -- Charming villa -- Children at play -- Governess -- Diversities of society -- Education in Louisiana -- Visit to a sugar-house -- Description of sugar-making, &c. -- A plantation scene -- A planters grounds -- Children -- Trumpeter -- Pointer -- Return to the city --

XXIII. Leave New-Orleans -- The Mississippi -- Scenery -- Evening on the water -- Scenes on the deck of a steamer -- Passengers -- Plantations -- Farm-houses -- Catholic college -- Convent of the Sacred Heart -- Caged birds -- Donalsonville -- The first highland -- Baton Rouge -- Its appearance -- Barracks -- Scenery -- Squatters -- Fort Adams -- Way passengers -- Steamer --

VOLUME 2

XXIV. Characteristic scenery of the Mississippi -- Card playing -- Sabbath on board a steamboat -- An old sinner -- A fair Virginian -- Inquisitiveness of Yankee ladies -- Southern ladies -- A general -- Ellis’s cliffs -- Mines -- Atala -- Natchez in the distance -- Duelling ground -- Fort Rosalie -- Forests -- A traveller’s remark --

XXV. Land at the Levée -- African porters -- First impression of passing travellers -- “Natchez under the Hill” -- A dizzy road -- A rapid descent -- View from the summit -- Fine scenery in the vicinity -- Reservoir -- A tawney Silenus -- A young Apollo -- Warriors “hors du combat” -- Indian females -- Mississippian backwoodsman -- Mansion House --

XXVI. A northerner’s idea of the south-west -- Natchez and health -- “Broadway” of Natchez -- Street scenes -- Private carriages -- Auction store -- Sale of a slave -- Manner in which slaves view slavery -- Shopping -- Fashion -- Southern gentlemen -- Merchants -- Planters -- Whip bearers -- Planters’ families --

XXVII. First impressions -- American want of taste in public buildings -- Agricultural bank -- Masonic hall -- Natchez academy -- Education of Mississippians -- Cemetery -- Theatre -- Presbyterian church -- Court-house -- Episcopal church -- Light-house -- Hotels -- Planters, houses and galleries -- Jefferson hotel -- Cotton square --

XXVIII. Society of Natchez -- New-England adventurers -- Their prospects -- The Yankee sisterhood -- Southern bachelors -- Southern society -- Woman -- Her past and present condition -- Single combats -- Fireside pleasures unknown -- A change -- Town and country -- Characteristic discrepancies --

XXIX. A Sabbath morning in Natchez -- A ramble to the bluff -- Louisiana forests -- Natchez under the Hill -- Slaves -- Holidays -- Negroes going to church -- Negro street coteries -- Market day -- City hotel -- Description of the landing -- Rail-way -- A rendezvous -- Neglected Sabbath-bell --

XXX. Reminiscences -- An aged pastor -- Streets of Natchez on the Sabbath -- Interior of a church -- Church music -- Pulpit oratory -- A New England scene -- Peculiar state of society -- Wealthy ministers -- Clerical planters -- Health of Mississippi -- Episcopalian church -- Catholics -- The French language -- Catholic education -- Methodists -- An alarm bell and slaves --

XXXI. Catholic burying-ground -- Evening in a grave yard -- Sounds of a busy city -- Night -- Disturbers of the dead -- Dishumation of human remains -- Mourning cards -- A funeral -- Various modes of riding -- Yankee horsemanship -- Mississippian horsemen -- Pacers -- A plantation road -- Residence -- The grave -- Slaves weeping for their master! -- New cemetery --

XXXII. National diversities of character -- Diversities of language -- Provincialisms -- A plantation and negroes -- Natchez bar -- A youthful judge -- Physicians -- Clergymen -- Merchants, &c. &c -- A southern mania -- “Washing” -- Tobacco -- Value of cotton planting and statistics -- An easy “way to wealth” --

XXXIII An excursion -- A planter’s gallery -- Neglect of grounds -- Taste and economy -- Mississippi forests -- The St. Catharine -- Cotton fields -- Worm fences -- hedges -- The pride of China -- The magnolia tree and flower -- Plantation roads -- White cliffs -- General view of a plantation --

XXXIV. Horticulture -- Chateaubriand -- A Mississippi garden and plants -- A novel scene -- Sick slaves -- Care of masters for their sick -- Shamming -- Inertness of negroes -- Burial of slaves -- Negro mothers -- A nursery -- Negro village on the Sabbath -- Religious privileges of slaves -- Marriages -- Negro “passes”-- The advantages of this regulation -- Anecdote of a runaway --

XXXV. Preparations for a deer hunt -- A sailor, a planter, and an author -- A deer driver -- “Stands” for deer -- The hunting ground -- The hunt -- Ellis’s cliff -- Silver mine -- An hypothesis -- Alluvial formation of the lower valley of the Mississippi -- Geological descriptions of the south-west --

XXX VI. Geography of Mississippi -- Ridges and bottoms -- The Mississippi at its ellux -- Pine and table lands -- General features of the State -- Bayous -- Back-water of rivers -- Springs -- St. Catharine’s harp -- Bankston springs -- Mineral waters of this state -- Petrifactions -- Quartz crystals -- “Thunderbolts” -- Rivers -- The Yazoo and Pearl --

XXX VII. Topography -- Natchez -- Washington -- Seltzertown -- Greenville -- Port Gibson -- Raymond -- Clinton -- Southern villages -- Vickburg -- Yeomen of Mississippi -- Jackson -- Vernon -- Satartia -- Benton -- Amsterdam -- Brandon and other towns -- Monticello -- Manchester -- Rankin -- Grand Gulf -- Rodney -- Warrenton -- Woodville -- Pinckneyville -- White Apple village --

XXXVIII. Coloured populations of the south -- Mississippi saddle and horse caparisons -- Ride through the city -- Chain gang -- Lynch law -- Want of a penitentiary -- Difficulties in consequence -- Summary justice -- Boating on the Mississippi -- Chain gang and the runaway -- Suburbs -- Orphan asylum -- A past era --

XXXIX. Slave mart -- Scene within -- File of negroes -- “Trader” -- Negro feelings -- George and his purchaser -- George’s old and new wife -- Female slaves -- The intellect of the negro -- A theory -- An elderly lady and her slaves -- Views of slaves upon their condition -- Separation of kindred among slaves --

XL. Towns of Mississippi -- Naming estates -- The influence of towns on the social relations of the planters -- Southern refinement -- Colleges -- Oakland -- Clinton -- Jefferson -- History of the latter -- Collegiate system of instruction -- Primary departments -- Quadrennial classes --

XLI. Indian mounds -- Their origin and object -- Tumuli near Natchez -- Skulls and other remains -- Visit to the fortifications or mounds at Seltzertown -- Appearance and description of the mounds -- Their age -- Reflections -- History of the Natchez --

XLII. Slavery in the south-west -- Southern feelings -- Increase of slaves -- Virginia -- Mode of buying slaves, and slave-traders -- Mode of transportation by sea -- Arrival at the mart -- Mode of life in the market -- Transportation by land -- Privileges of slaves -- conduct of planters toward their negroes -- Anecdotes -- Negro traders -- Their origin --

XLIII. Slaves -- C1asses -- Anecdotes -- Negro instruction -- Police -- Natchez fencibles -- Habitual awe of the negro for the white man -- Illustrations -- Religious slaves -- Negro preaching -- General view of slavery and emancipation -- Conclusion.