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A train being in "sadinesF, ve started ror * he city. The tract through vhich the railroad led was as "la t as a bov?lin? sr'en but seedin':ly saturated vith v:ater.
The roa^ led straight through a dense growth of timber such as i? found in most American svatnos, the cypress and cedar abounding on either fide, with here and there seme clumps of palirett or 1 ntersnersed s-roon^ them.
As vs processed at the rate of -?bout 20 miles an hours, the tremulous cround seemed to quiver beneath our feet. The railway is rhort, but its construction through such a r.-.or?= ~s mu.vt have ueen r work of no little difficulty.
People of Iv e v Or lean s
As you walk the streets of New Orleans, French?is the-language chiefly spoken.
There are five distinct Eaees of Hew Orleans inhabitants:
Anglo-Americans - these are transitory who leave in the sur-?
French
Spanish
African -	50^	of	which	l/6th	are	free
Indian
One fifth, 0-? the population leave between July and October. There is a great and exaggerated fear of fever.