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ZIFE (LY THE MISSISSIPPI.

OHAPTEB XXXY.

VICKSBURG DURING THE TROUBLE.

WE used to plough past the lofty hill-city, Yicksburg, down-stream;
but we cannot do that now. A cut-off has made a country town of
it, like Osceola, St. Genevieve, and several others. There is current-
less water—also a big island—in front of Yicksburg now. You come

down the river the other
VLCKSBUB&. s^e °* tke ;sland, then
turn and come up to the
town; that is, in high water: in low water you can't come up, but
must land some distance below it.
Signs and sears still remain, as reminders of Yicksburg's tremen-
dous war-experiences; earthworks, trees crippled by the cannon balls,