The sloping road came to an end sooner than at Natchez, and the sidewalk did not reveal any pitfalls like those in Cairo a few years ago.

The bluff where the city stands is about fifty feet high, and the ascent of the road so gentle that one must be very weak to find it fatiguing.

The officers who came on shore with me went to the club rooms to pass the evening.

I sought the residence of Mr.H.G.O.

Chase, the Commercial Agent of the United States, and representative of the house of Boardman.