Cold in South Carolina and Georgia—Curious appearance of Ice—Time not valued in the South—Why Americans will not cultivate the Olive—Tea might grow in Georgia—Atlanta bound to be great—Cattle badly off in winter—A Virginian’s Recollection of the War—His Position and Prospects—Approach to Mobile by the Alabama River—Mobile—The Harbour—Why no American Ships there—A Day on the Gulf—Ponchatrain—New Orleans—French Sunday Market—French appearance of Town—A New Orleans Gentleman on the Episcopal Church—Bishop Elect of Georgia—Mississippi—The Cemeteries—Expensiveness of everything—Transatlantic News—Fusion of North and South—French Half-breeds—Roads—The best in the World—Approach to New Orleans by land—Sugar Plantations—A Prayer for a Brother Minister 126 CHAPTER X. My only Delay on an American Railway—No concealing one’s Nationality—Railway Cow-plough—Pistols—Memphis—Emigration from the South deprecated—True Method of Resuscitation—The Minister’s Study—Conversation with two Ministers—Invitation to ‘go to Church’ 150 Miles off—Luxury does not sap the Military Spirit—Mrs. Read—Entry into Eden—Share a Bed-room with a Californian—How California was civilised—How a Site upon the Swamp was created for Cairo—Decline the fourth part of a Bed-room at Odin—‘Be good to yourself’ 146 CHAPTER XI. Mississippi frozen over at St. Louis—Why the Bridge at St. Louis is built by Chicago Men—General Sherman—Ideas about Education at St. Louis—Liberal Bequests for Educational Purposes—How New Englandism leavens the whole Lump—The German Invasion will not Germanise America—St. Louis—Its rapid Growth—Its Church Architecture—An Idea on Mental Culture from the West Bank of the Mississippi—A Thought suggested by hearing the Skaters on the Mississippi talking English 164 CHAPTER XII. Instance of American Kindliness—Red-skins and Half-breeds on the Rails—Cincinnati and its Inhabitants—What may be made of Pigs—The influence of its Pork-crop—Machinery for Killing and Curing—Improving effect American Equality has on the highest and lowest Class—Churches only unprosaic Buildings in American Towns—Schools—Merits of Philadelphian style of City-building not obvious—In what it consists—America has but one City—No. 24, G Street, corner of 25th Street 172 CHAPTER XIII.