Letter VII.—An Excursion to Rock River in Illinois.—Birds and Quadrupeds of the Prairies.—Dad Joe's Grove.—Beautiful Landscape.—Traces of the Indian Tribes.—Lost Rocks.—Dixon.—Rock River; beauty of its banks.—A Horse-Thief.—An Association of Felons.—A Prairie Rattlesnake.—The Prairie-Wolf; its habits.—The Wild Parsnip Letter VIII.—Examples of Lynch Law.—Practices of Horse-Thieves in Illinois.—Regulators.—A Murder.—Seizure of the Assassins, their trial and execution.—One of the Accomplices lurking in the Woods.—Another Horse-Thief shot Letter IX.—An Example of Senatorial Decorum.—The National Museum at Washington.—Mount Vernon.—Virginia Plantations.—Beauty of Richmond.—Islands of James River.—An Old Church.—Inspection of Tobacco.—Tobacco Factory.—Work and Psalmody.—Howden's Statue of Washington. Letter X.—Journey from Richmond to Charleston.—Pine Forests of North Carolina.—Collection of Turpentine.—Harbor of Charleston.—Aspect of the City. Letter XI.—Interior of South Carolina.—Pine Woods.—Plantations.—Swamps. —Birds.—A Corn-Shucking.—Negro Songs.—A Negro Military Parade.— Character of the Blacks.—Winter Climate of South Carolina. Letter XII.—Picolata.—Beauty of the Season.—The St. John's.—A Hammock.—Voyage from Charleston to Savannah.—City of Savannah.—Quoit Club.—A Negro Burial-Place.—Curious Epitaphs.—Bonaventure.—Majestic Avenues of Live-Oaks.—Alligators.—Black Creek. Letter XIII.—Woods of Florida.—Anecdotes of the Florida War.—Aspect of St. Augustine.—Its Streets.—Former Appearance of the City.—Orange Groves.—Fort of St. Mark.—Palm Sunday.—A Frenchman preaching in Spanish. Letter XIV.—Climate of St. Augustine.—Tampa Bay.—Melons in January.—Insects in Southern Florida.—Healthfulness of East Florida.—A Sugar Plantation.—Island of St. Anastasia.—Quarries of Shell-Rock.—Customs of the Mahonese.—A Mahonese or Minorcan hymn. Letter XV.—Florida the "Poor Man's Country."—Settlement of the Peninsula.—The Indian War.—Its Causes.—Causes of the Peace.—The Everglades.—St. Mary's in Georgia.—Plague of Sand-Flies.—Alligator Shooting.—Tobacco Chewing. Letter XVI.—The Champlain Canal.—Beauty of its Banks.—Whitehall.— Canadian French.—A Family setting out for the West.—The Michigan Lay.— Vermont Scenery. Letter XVII.—Grasshoppers.—White Clover.—Domestic Arrangements of two unmarried Ladies.—Canadian French Laborers.—Quakers.—A Pretty Mantua Maker.—Anecdote told by a Quakeress.—Walpole.—Keene.—A Family of healthy young Women. Letter XVIII.—A Voyage to Liverpool.—Mountains of Wales.—Growth of Liverpool.—Aspect of the Place.—Zoological Gardens.—Cemetery among the Rocks.—Ornamental Cultivation.—Prince's Park.—Chester.—Manchester. —Calico Printing. Letter XIX.—Edale in Derbyshire.—A Commercial Traveller.—Chapel-en-le-Frith.—The Winnets.—Mam Tor.—Heathy Hills.—The Lark.—Caverns of the Peak of Derbyshire.—Castle of the Peverils.—People of Derbyshire.—Matlock.—Derby.