DOWN SOUTH.

DOWN SOUTH

BY

LADY DUFFUS HARDY

AUTHOR OF
“THROUGH CITIES AND PRAIRIE LANDS”



London: CHAPMAN AND HALL
Limited
1883

LONDON
R. Clay, Sons, and Taylor.,
BREAD STREET HILL.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.
Two cities.—Our home upon the waters.—Southward bound.—“Onlya brass star.”—At Ford’s HotelPages 1-13
CHAPTER II.
To-day and the yesterdays.—Richmond—Its monuments—Its surroundings.—Thesculptor’s studio.—Andromache. Pages 14-28
CHAPTER III.
Fire and ruins.—Through sylvan scenes.—The Cave of Lwray.—Ajewelled city underground.—The white savages of Wise County Pages 29-44
CHAPTER IV.
Through the great swamp.—Charleston.—A memory of the OldWorld.—Blacks and whites.—Peculiarities of the coloured folk.—Aghost of dead days.—Quaint scenes Pages 45-62
CHAPTER V.
St. Michael’s chimes.—Architectural attraction.—Magnolia Cemetery.—Aphilosophical mendicant.—The market.—Aboard the boat—FortSumpterPages 63-83
CHAPTER VI.
The great Salt Marsh.—A break down.—We reach Savannah.—Fancysketches.—The forest city.—A gossip with the natives.—Crossquestions and crooked answersPages 84-90
CHAPTER VII.
To-day and yesterday.—General experience of travel in the South.—Theassociated Southern railwaysPages 100-109
CHAPTER VIII.
En route for Jacksonville.—A few words about Florida—Its climate.—Itsfolk—Its productionsPages 110-121
CHAPTER IX.
Pine forests.—Arcadian scenes.—Strange companionship.—We reachJacksonvillePages 1
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