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FOUR MONTHS IN A SNEAK-BOX.

A BOAT VOYAGE OF 2600 MILES DOWN THE OHIOAND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, AND ALONGTHE GULF OF MEXICO.
BYNATHANIEL H. BISHOP
AUTHOR OF "A THOUSAND MILES' WALK ACROSS SOUTH AMERICA," AND "VOYAGEOF THE PAPER CANOE."

TO THE
OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
OF THE
LIGHT HOUSE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE UNITED STATES
This Book is Dedicated
BY ONE WHO HAS LEARNED TO RESPECT THEIR
HONEST, INTELLIGENT AND EFFICIENT LABORS
IN SERVING THEIR GOVERNMENT, THEIR
COUNTRYMEN, AND MANKIND
GENERALLY.

INTRODUCTION.

EIGHTEEN months ago the author gave to the public his "VOYAGE OF THE
PAPER CANOE:—A GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNEY OF 2500 MILES FROM QUEBEC TO THE
GULF OF MEXICO, DURING THE YEARS 1874-5."

The kind reception by the American press of the author's first journeyto the great southern sea, and its republication in Great Britain andin France within so short a time of its appearance in the UnitedStates, have encouraged him to give the public a companion volume,—"FOUR MONTHS IN A SNEAK-BOX,"—which is a relation of the experiencesof a second cruise to the Gulf of Mexico, but by a different routefrom that followed in the "VOYAGE OF THE PAPER CANOE." This time theauthor procured one of the smallest and most comfortable of boats—apurely American model, developed by the bay-men of the New Jerseycoast of the United States, and recently introduced to the gunningfraternity as the BARNEGAT SNEAK-BOX. This curious and stanch littlecraft, though only twelve feet in length, proved a most comfortableand serviceable home while the author rowed in it more than 2600 milesdown the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, and along the coast of the Gulfof Mexico, until he reached the goal of his voyage—the mouth of thewild Suwanee River—which was the terminus of his "VOYAGE OF THE PAPERCANOE."

The maps which illustrate the contours of the coast of the Gulf ofMexico, like those in the other volume, are the most reliable evergiven to the public, having been drawn and engraved, by contract forthe work, by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey Bureau.

LAKE GEORGE, WARREN CO.,NEW YORK STATE,

SEPTEMBER 1st, 1879.

CONTENTS
CHAPTER I.THE BOAT FOR THE VOYAGE.CANOES FOR SHALLOW STREAMS AND FREQUENT PORTAGES.— SNEAK-BOXES FORDEEP WATERCOURSES.— HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE BARNEGAT SNEAK-BOX.— A WALK DOWN EEL STREET TO MANAHAWKEN MARSHES.— HONEST GEORGE,THE BOAT-BUILDER.— THE BUILDING OF THE SNEAK-BOX "CENTENNIALREPUBLIC."— ITS TRANSPORTATION TO THE OHIO RIVER.
CHAPTER II.SOURCES OF THE OHIO RIVER.DESCRIPTION OF THE MONONGAHELA AND ALLEGHANY RIVERS.— THE OHIORIVER.— EXPLORATION OF CAVELIER DE LA SALLE.— NAMES GIVEN BY ANCIENTCARTOGRAPHERS TO THE OHIO.— ROUTES OF THE ABORIGINES FROM THE GREATLAKES TO THE OHIO RIVER.
CHAPTER III.FROM PITTSBURGH TO BLENNERHASSET'S ISLAND.THE START FOR THE GULF.— CAUGHT IN THE ICE-RAFT.— CAMPING ON THEOHIO.— THE GRAVE CREEK MOUND.— AN INDIAN SEPULCHRE.—BLENNERHASSET'S ISLAND.— AARON BURR'S CONSPIRACY.— A RUINED FAMILY.
CHAPTER IV.FROM BLENNERHASSET'S ISLAND TO CINCINNATI.RIVER CAMPS.— THE SHANTY-BOATS AND RIVER MIGRANTS.— VARIOUSEXPERIENCES.— ARRIVAL AT CINCINNATI.— THE SNEAK-BOX FROZEN UP INPLEASANT RUN.— A TAILOR'S FAMILY.— A NIGHT UNDER A GERMAN COVERLET.
CHAPTER V.FROM CINCINNATI TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.CINCINNATI.— MUSIC AND PORK IN PORKOPOLIS.— THE BIG BONE LIC
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