Four months in a sneak-box : a boat voyage of 2600 miles down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, and along the Gulf of Mexico (1879)
Bishop, Nathaniel H. (Nathaniel Holmes), 1837-1902 · Boston : Lee & Shepard ; New York : C.T. Dillingham · leaf 226
s peculiar site it has gainedthe appellation of ^ Crescent City. The build-ings stretch back to the borders of Lake Pont-chartrain, which empties its waters into the Gulfof Mexico. All the drainage of the city is car-ried by means of canals into the lake, while thetwo largest of these canals are… … •> iXl FOUR MONTHS IN A SNEAK-BOX. 209 CHAPTER IX. ON THE GULF OF MEXICO. LEAVE NEW ORLEANS.—THE ROUGHS AT WORK. — DETAINED ATNEW BASIN. — SADDLES INTRODUCES HIMSELF. — CAMPING ONLAKE PONTCHARTRAIN. — THE LIGHT-HOUSE OF POINT AUXHERBES. — THE RIGOLETS.— MARSHES AND MOSQUITOES.—IM-PORTANT USE OF…
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