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The river runs down in a broad, swirling, brown current, and nobody but an expert could tell the channel. One pilot or another is up in the _Texas_ all day long and all night. THE RIVER RUNS DOWN IN A BROAD SWIRLING BROWN CURRENT AND NOBODY BUT AN EXPERT COULD TELL THE CHANNEL ONE PILOT OR ANOTHER IS UP IN THE TEXAS ALL DAY LONG AND ALL NIGHT
is now pleasant going down the Mississippi, though I admit that I would rather be at home. We are on a funny, stern-wheel steamer. Mr. John McIlhenny is with me, and Capt. Seth Bullock among others. We have seen wild geese and ducks and cormorants on the river, and the people everywhere come out in boats and throng or cluster on the banks to greet us. October 4. You would be greatly amused at these steamboats, and I think you will like your trip up the Mississippi next spring, if only everything goes right, and Mother is able to make it. There is no hold to the boat, just a flat bottom with a deck, and on this deck a foot or so above the water stands the engine-room, completely open at the sides and all the machinery visible as you come up to the boat. Both ends are blunt, and the gangways are drawn up to big cranes. Of course the boats could not stand any kind of a sea, but here they are very useful, for they are shallow and do not get hurt when they bump into the bank or one another. Y OTHER TRIP BUT IT IS NOW PLEASANT GOING DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI THOUGH I ADMIT THEY WOULD RATHER BE AT HOME WE ARE ON A FUNNY STERN WHEEL STEAMER MISTER JOHN MC LEHANDY IS WITH ME AND CAPTAIN SOUTH BULLOCK AMONG OTHERS YOU HAVE SEEN WILD GEESE AND DUCKS AND CORMORANTS ON THE RIVER AND THE PEOPLE EVERYWHERE COME OUT IN BOATS AND THRONG OR CLUSTER ON THE BANKS TO GREET US OCTOBER FOURTH YOU WOULD BE GREATLY AMUSED AT THESE STEAMBOATS I THINK YOU WILL LIKE YOUR TRIP UP THE MISSISSIPPI NEXT SPRING IF ONLY EVERYTHING GOES RIGHT AND MOTHER IS ABLE TO MAKE IT THERE IS NO HOLD TO THE BOAT TIS THE FLAT BOTTOM OF THE DECK AND ON THIS DECK A FOOT OR SO ABOVE THE WATER STANDS THE ENGINE ROOM CLEARLY OPEN AT THE SIDES AND ALL THE MACHINERY VISIBLE AS YOU COME UP TO THE BOAT BOTH ENDS ARE BLUNT AND THE GANGWAYS ARE DRAWN UP TO BIG CRANES OF COURSE THE BOATS CANNOT STAND ANY KIND OF A SEA BUT HERE THEY ARE VERY USEFUL FOR THEY ARE SHALLOW AND DO NOT GET HURT WHEN THEY BUMP INTO THE BANK OR ONE ANOTHER
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