Cave in the Grafton Cliffs--Outlines--Human Remains--_Desecration_
of the Coopers--View from the Cave's Mouth--The Bluffs--Inclined
Planes--The Railroad--A Stone-heap--A beautiful Custom--Veneration
for the Dead--The Widow of Florida--The Canadian Mother--The
Orientals--An extensive View--The River--The Prairie--The Emigrant
Farm--The Illinois--A _tortuous_ Route--Macoupin Settlement--
Carrolton--Outlines of a Western Village--Religious Diversity--An
agricultural Village--Whitehall--The Emigrant Family _en route_--
A Western Village--Its rapid Growth--Fit Parallels--Manchester--
The Scarcity of Timber not an insurmountable Obstacle--
Substitutes--Morgan County--Prospects--Soil of the Prairies--
Adaptation to _coarse_ Grains--Rapid Population--New-England
Immigrants--The Changes of a few Years--Environs of
Jacksonville--Buildings of "Illinois College"--The Public Square 295