Highways and Byways of the Mississippi Valley (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Highways and Byways of the Mississippi Valley The situation is strange and dramatic. It stirs the imagination and arouses the interest, and when one thinks of New Orleans, the Mississippi and the stout wall of earth ¿anking it seem the most vital features of the place. My impulse, therefore, was to seek the river front as soon as I arrived in the city. There I had my first sight of the giant stream of our continent and what a sullen, murky, threatening torrent it was! The banks were nearly brimming full, for I had come in early April, and the ¿ood season is ordinarily included in that month and the one following. The water was a dull yellow color and looked like liquid mud. I was surprised to see people drinking the dubious ¿uid, and I learned that the riverside workers and loiterers had a real relish for it. Some would kneel at the water's edge and dip it up with their hands for a hasty gulp, but most depended on tin receptacles which were to be found here and there on the wharves, and which had usually done service for holding canned goods. Each had a string attached, so that you could let it down and fill it while standing on the wharf. I was curious to know how that thick and soupy liquid tasted, and I picked up one of the cans and lowered it into the water. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.