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THROUGH
THE UNITED STATES
AND
CANADA
DURING
THE YEARS 1822-23.
BY
AN ENGLISH GENTLEMAN.
Venient annis secula seris Quibus Oceanus vincula rerum Laxet, et ingens pateat tellus Tethysque novos detegat orbes Nec sit terris ultima Thule.
Senecæ Medea, Act 2. v. 375.
PRINTED FOR BALDWIN, CRADOCK, AND JOY,
LONDON.
1824.
CONTENTS.
Page
Chap. I.- Voyage across the Atlantic.- Landing at
New York.-Yellow Fever .............
II.-Philadelphia .............
III.-Baltimore.-Washington................
IV.-The Government.......................
V.-The Laws...........................
VI.-Journey across the Alleghanies.--Voyage
. : down the Ohio........ ............. 82
VII.- Lexington. — Frankfort.-Louisville.—Cin-
cinnati ............................. 103
VIII.-Big Bone Lick.-Backwoods.-Vincennes . 128
IX.-Birkbeck's Settlement.--Emigration....... 153
X.-Cat's Ferry.—The Prairies.-Mississippi.-
St. Louis ........................... 173
XI.-Slavery....
..............
......... 201
XII.-Missionaries.-Regulators. — Skunk.—Har-
mony .............................. 230
XIII.-Cut-money.- American Farm-houses.-
Titles .............................. 254
XIV.-Mammoth Cave..
...... 265
XV.-Sugar Camp.-Chillicothe.- Indian Anti-
quities ......
..... 280
XVI.-Backwoodsmen.-Advice to Travellers.... 290
XVII.—Return of Spring.--Horse race at Long
Island.--New York........
.... 309