CHAPTER VII.
_Construction and Destruction_.
AT NEW YORK.
Cutter Yacht, "Black Maria" Dinner on Board Toddy and Chowder Prosperity--Croton Aqueduct Destruction of Dogs Drive on the Bloomingdale Road A Storm CHAPTER VIII.
_South and West_.
FROM NEW YORK TO LOUISVILLE.
Ticket Station PHILADELPHIA--Convenience Luggage left behind BALTIMORE--MAXWELL POINT Canvas-back Ducks Tolling for Ducks Start by Rail--A Fix HARRISBURGH--The Whittling Colonel Start again.

Pleasant Company Inclined Planes--Canal Boat Coaching Comfort PITTSBURG Railing through Forest, and Reflections CLEVELAND--Mud-walk To Sleep or not to Sleep CINCINNATI--Statistics and Education Porkopolis and Pigs A bloody Scene Ships at Marietta OHIO--Levee and Literature Embark on Steamer--Black Stewardess Ibrahim Pacha and Fat.