16. ELEPHANTINE AGRICULTURE, 358 17. MOUNTAIN GROVE CEMETERY, 369 18. THE “CUSTOMS” OF THE COUNTRY, 432 19. “THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT,” 510 20. GRIZZLY ADAMS AND HIS FAMILY, 530 21. THE PRINCE IN THE MUSEUM, 543 22. EAST BRIDGEPORT, 549 23. CAPTURING WHITE WHALES, 562 24. TROUBLE IN A TURKISH HAREM, 580 25. MARRIAGE IN MINIATURE, 603 26. ALARM AT LINDENCROFT, 616 27. THE GREAT UNKNOWN, 680 28. AFTER THE FIRE, 702 29. BARNUM FIVE SECONDS AHEAD, 705 30. A GROTESQUE FIRE COMPANY, 720 31. HALF-SHAVED, 726 32. SEA SIDE PARK, 758 33. WALDEMERE, 768 CONTENTS. CHAPTER I.--EARLY LIFE. MY BIRTH--FIRST PROPERTY--FARMER BOY LIFE--GOING TO SCHOOL--EARLY ACQUISITIVENESS--A HOLIDAY PEDDLER--FIRST VISIT TO NEW YORK--LEARNING TO “SWAP”--MISERIES FROM MOLASSES CANDY--“IVY ISLAND”--ENTERING UPON MY ESTATE--CLERKSHIP IN A COUNTRY STORE--TRADING MORALS--THE BETHEL MEETING-HOUSE--STOVE QUESTION--SUNDAY SCHOOL AND BIBLE CLASS--MY COMPOSITION--THE ONE THING NEEDFUL,......25 CHAP. II.--INCIDENTS AND ANECDOTES. DEATH OF MY GRANDMOTHER--MY FATHER--HIS CHARACTER--HIS DEATH--BEGINNING THE WORLD BAREFOOTED--GOING TO GRASSY PLAINS--THE TIN WARE AND GREEN BOTTLE LOTTERY--“CHARITY” HALLETT--OUR FIRST MEETING--EVENING RIDE TO BETHEL--A NOVEL FUR TRADE--OLD “RUSHIA” AND YOUNG “RUSHIA”--THE BUYER SOLD--COUNTRY STORE EXPERIENCES--OLD “UNCLE BIBBINS”--A TERRIBLE DUEL BETWEEN BENTON AND BIBBINS--FALL OF BENTON--FLIGHT OF BIBBINS,......38 CHAP. III.--IN BUSINESS FOR MYSELF. MY CLERKSHIP IN BROOKLYN--UNEASINESS AND DISSATISFACTION--THE SMALL POX--GOING HOME TO RECRUIT--“CHARITY” HALLETT AGAIN--BACK TO BROOKLYN--OPENING A PORTER-HOUSE--SELLING OUT--MY CLERKSHIP IN NEW YORK--MY HABITS--OBSERVANCE OF SUNDAY--IN BETHEL ONCE MORE--BEGINNING BUSINESS ON MY OWN ACCOUNT--OPENING DAY--LARGE SALES AND GREAT PROFITS--THE LOTTERY BUSINESS--VIEWS THEREON--ABOUT A POCKET-BOOK--WITS AND WAGS--SWEARING OUT A FINE--FIRST APPEARANCE AT THE BAR--SECURING “ARABIAN”--A MODEL LOVE-LETTER,......48 CHAP. IV.--STRUGGLES FOR A LIVELIHOOD.