An Excursion of Pleasure--A fine Afternoon--Our Party--The
Bridal Pair--South St. Louis--Advantages for Manufactures--
Quarries--Farmhouses--The "Eagle Powder-works"--Explosion--
The Bride--A Steeple-chase--A Descent--The Arsenal--Grounds--
Structures--Esplanade--Ordnance--Warlike Aspect--Carondelet--
Sleepy-Hollow--River-reach {xiii}--Time Departed--Inhabitants--
Structures--Gardens--Orchards--_Cabarets_--The Catholic
Church--Altar-piece--Paintings--Missal--Crucifix--Evergreens--
Deaf and Dumb Asylum--Distrust of Villagers--Jefferson
Barracks--Site--Extent--Buildings--View from the Terrace--The
Burial Grounds--The Cholera--Design of the Barracks--_Corps
de Reserve_--A remarkable Cavern--Our Guide--Situation of
Cave--Entrance--Exploration--Grotesque Shapes--A Foot--Boat--
Coffin in Stone--The Bats--_Rivière des Pères_--An Ancient
Cemetery--Antiquities--The Jesuit Settlers--Sulphur Spring--
A Cavern--A Ruin 170