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APPENDIX A.
(From the Nsrw ORLEANS Txras-Dxuoc&AT, qfjfxrc* », 18W.)
VOYAGE OF THE TIMES-DEMOCRAT'S RELIEF BOAT
THROVGH THE INU&DATE& REGIONS.
IT was nine o'clock Thursday morning when the * Susie * left tl» Mississippi
and entered Old River, or what is now called the mouth, of the Bed- Ascen-
ding on the left, a flood was pouring in through and over the levees OB tke
Chandler plantation, the most northern point in Pointe Goupee pariah. The
water completely covered the place, although tbe Jeraea had giroa way foot
a short time before. The stock had been gathered in a large fiat-bo*^
where, without food, as we passed, the animals were huddled together,
waiting for a boat to tow them off. On the right-iiand side of the river is
Tumbull's Island, and on it is a large plantation which formerly was pro-
nounced one of the most fertile in tihe State. The water haa hitherto allowfld
it to go scot-free in usual floods, but now broad sheets of water told only
where fields were. The top of the protecting Layee coeM be seen here aad
there, but nearly all of it was submerged.
The trees have put on a greener foliage since the water ha* poored ia»
and the woods look bright and fresh, but this pleasant aspect to the eye m
neutralised by the interminable waste of water. We pass mDe alter mila,
and it is nothing but trees standing up to their branches in water, A
turkey now and again rises and flies ahead into &e loag aveaae of
A pirogue sometimes flits from the bushes and erase* the Bed Biw oa
way out to the Mississippi, but the sad-faced paddles never fco
to look at our boat The puffing of tbe boat is musk in tikis gloom, wlrittfe
affects one most curiously. It -is not the gloom of deep ioreets or d*rtc
caverns, but a peculiar kind of solemn sOeneeand impreesive awe &*& hoUb
one perforce to its recognition. We passed two &B&Q Łun3iBe OB s imft iW
up in the willows this morning. 11ffiyire3re0?iieH%crf
aatheyhada supply of meal and thw* or fosr hogs ws&