CONTENTS. xvii
CHAPTER *X"LTTX
THE AET OF INHUMATION.
PACKB
1 meet an Acquaintance—Coffins and Swell Houses—Mrs. O'Flaherty
goes One Better—Epidemics and Embamming—Six hundred for a
Good Case—Joyful High Spirits........389
CHAPTER XIIY.
CITT SIGHTS.
French and Spanish Parts of the City—Mr. Cable and the Ancient
Quarter—Cabbages and Bouquets—Cows and Children—The Shell
Eoad—The West End—A Good Square Meal—The Pompano—The
Broom-Brigade—Historical Painting—Southern Speech—Lagniappe. 395
CHAPTER XLY.
SOUTHERN SPORTS.
' Waw' Talk—Cock-Fighting—Too much to Bear—Fine "Writing—Mule
Racing.............406
CHAPTER XLYL
ENCHANTifENT AND ENCHANTERS.
Mardi-Gras—The Mystic Crewe—Bex and Belies—Sir Walter Scott—
A World Set Back—Titles and Decorations—A Change . . .416
CHAPTER XLYI1.
UNCLE REMUS AND MB. CABLE.
Uncle Renras—The Children Disappointed—We Bead Alond—Mr. Cable
and Jean ah Poquelin—Involuntary Trespass—The Gilded Age—An
Impossible Combination—The Owner Materialises, and Protests . 422
CHAPTER XLYIIL
SUGAR AND POSTAGE.
Tight Curls and Springy Steps—Steam-ploughs—* No. 1.'Sugar—A Frank-
enstein Laugh—Spiritual Postage—A Place where there are no
Butchers or Plumbers—Idiotic Spasms ...... 426