Morning after the Storm--The Landscape--The sprinkled Groves--
Nature in unison with the Heart--The Impress of Design--
Contemplation of grand Objects elevates--Nature and the Savage--
Nature and Nature's God--Earth praises God--Indifference and
Ingratitude of Man--"All is very Good"--Influence of Scenery
upon Character--The Swiss Mountaineer--Bold Scenery most
Impressive--Freedom among the Alps--Caucasus--Himmalaya--
_Something_ to Love--Carlinville--"Grand Menagerie"--A Scene--
The Soil--The Inn--Macoupin Creek--Origin of Name--A Vegetable--
An Indian Luxury--Carlinville--Its Advantages and Prospects--A
"Fourth-of-July" Oration--The thronging Multitudes--The huge
Cart--A Thunder-storm--A Log-cabin--Women and Children--Outlines
of the Cabin--The Roof and Floor--The Furniture and Dinner-pot--
A Choice of Evils--The _Pathless_ Prairie 219
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Ponce de Leon--The Fount of Youth--The "Land of Flowers"--
Ferdinand de Soto--"_El Padre de los Aguas_"--The Canadian
Voyageurs--"_La Belle Rivière_"--Sieur La Salle--"A Terrestrial
Paradise"--Daniel Boone--"Old Kentucke"--"The Pilgrim from the
North"--Sabbath Morning--The Landscape--The Grass and
Prairie-flower--Nature at Rest--Sabbath on the Prairie--Alluvial
Aspect of the Prairies--The Soil--Lakes--Fish--The Annual
Fires--Origin--A Mode of Hunting--Captain Smith--Mungo Park--
Hillsborough--Major-domo of the Hostelrie--His Garb and
Proportions--The Presbyterian Church--_Picturesqueness_--The
"_Luteran_ Church"--Practical Utility--The Dark Minister--
A Mistake--The Patriotic Dutchman--A Veritable Publican--
Prospects of Hillsborough--A Theological Seminary--Route to
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