(November 1860–March 1861)
The editors of Mark Twain’s Notebooks and Journals, Volume 1 (1975) did not publish a full transcription of Notebook 3. Instead, they provided a narrative of Clemens’s use of the notebook with a summary of its contents, accompanied by transcribed excerpts. The editorial summary of Notebook 3 contains valuable context, so it is provided below this note. The purpose of this note is to inform the reader that the digital edition of (2025) provides a full transcription of Notebook 3, with expanded descriptions of landmarks referenced in his notes on piloting the Mississippi River. The editors have not transcribed inscriptions made by the author’s mother, Jane Lampton Clemens, who repurposed her son’s notebook as an account book. However, we have provided manuscript facsimiles of pages inscribed by J. L. Clemens without accompanying transcription.
In chapter 21 of Life on the Mississippi Mark Twain would summarize the sequel to his piloting apprenticeship: “In due course I got my license. I was a pilot now, full fledged. I dropped into casual employments; no misfortunes resulting, intermittent work gave place to steady and protracted engagements. Time drifted smoothly and prosperously on, and I supposed—and hoped—that I was going to follow the river the rest of my days, and die at the wheel when my mission was ended.” Since the only surviving pilot’s certificate issued to Samuel Clemens is dated 9 April 1859 and is identified as the “Original”—as opposed to a renewal—it is apparent he spent two years as a “cub” before becoming a licensed pilot. An additional year and a half as a pilot preceded the first dated entries in Notebook 3, which document all except the last month of Clemens’ remaining career on the river.
The second of the two surviving river notebooks is far smaller than the earlier book. It was designed to fit in a pocket and thus more closely resembles the memorandum books that Clemens would carry throughout his later years. Nor did the now-experienced pilot limit its contents solely to river topics as the cub pilot had with Notebook 2. Here Clemens returned to the French studies which had been interrupted by a sudden fascination with phrenology in Notebook 1. The effects of his layover weeks in New Orleans are everywhere evident, not only in his resumption of French grammar lessons, but also in the names and addresses and errands he added to this book. When he did write about the river, usually it was to record the conditions he found on an unusual trip or aboard a strange boat—the type of informative report he once parodied for a Saint Louis newspaper.1 Elementary reminders about routine boat channels and landmarks were not recorded; now he was concerned simply with observing altered phenomena. He sometimes remarked that things were still “same stage as last trip.”
All of the entries with any biographical or historical significance are printed in their original sequence, although the excerpts, which contain somewhat less than half of Clemens’ inscription, are not necessarily contiguous in the notebook itself. Interpolated editorial comments account for missing material and provide a context for the entries selected.
The notebook opens with snatches of French dialogue, a reminder of an errand, fragments of anecdotes, and a long extract from Voltaire:
Je crois que vous le savez mieu que moi
Inquire at Charity Hospital, in Common st., if an Englishman named Conlin died there of Yellow fever in 1853–4. He boarded with a Mrs. Reed in Tchoupitoulas street.2
“Keeping me here in expense all this time.” Hain “
I’m small, old—punched 40 years—but d—d if I can’t whip man & b -- in house
What you done—Murder—rape—Theft—worse ’n that.
Hold my coat Bro—I’ve found th man sht in - h, ---
What’s yr name?
Quel est votre nom?
“6 days”
Combien des jours avez vous travaillez?
“Pat Murphy?.
“Alez vouz à la bureau et prenez votre argent’
“I’ll be d—d if I do—I’ll run the boat first
Il est convalescent
Watch!—Venez vous away fm cette chaise!
“Diable! S----- pourquoi ne vous allai dans ce batteau? Parce que vous s ne sont accoup—
Pat, Bridget a un enfant, et que pensez-vous il ist?
C’ist un garcon?
Non.—C’ist un veiles niêgre
From “Voltaire’s Dialogues.”
“Pladeur et Avocat.” 3
Le Pladeur
Eh, bien monsier, le procès de cès pauvre orphelines?
L’Avocat.
Comment! il n’y a que dix-huit ans que leur bien est aux saisies rèelles. On n’a mangè encore en frais de justice que le tiers de leur fortune; et vous vous plaignez!
Le Pladeur.
Je ne me plains point de cette bagatelle. Je connais l’usage; je le respecte; mais, pourquoi depuis trois mois que vous demandez audience n’avez-vous pu l’obtenir qu’aujourd’hui?
L’avocat.
C’est que vous ne l’avez pas demandèe vous-mème pour vos pupilles. Il fallait alla aller4 plusieurs fois chez votre juge pour le supplier de vous juger.
Le Plaideur.
Son devoir est de rendre justice sans qu’on l’en prie. Il est bien grand e de dècider des fortunes des hommes sur son tribunal; il est bien petit de vouloir avoir des malheureuz malheureux5 dans son antichambre. Je ne vais point à l’audience de mon curè le prier de chanter sa grand’messe (high mass.); pourquoi faut-il que j’aille supplier mon juge (supplicate) de remplir les (fulfill) fonctions de sa charge? Enfin donce après tant de delais (Finally, then, after many delays,) nous allons être juges aujourd’hui?
L’avocat.
Oui; il y a (there is) grande apparence que vous gagnerez un chef de votre procès; car vous avez pour vous un article dècisif dans Charondas.
Le Plaideur.
Ce Charondas est apparemment quelque chancelier (some) de nos premiers rois, qui fit une lois en (made a law) faveur des orphelines?
L’avocat.
Point du tout; (not at all,) c’est un particulier qui a dit son avis (opinion, advice,) dans un gros livre qu’on ne le point; (which is never read,) mais un avocat le cite (cites) les juges le croient (believes) et on gagne (gains) sa cause.
Le Plaideur.
Quoi! l’opinion d’un Charondas tient (taken instead) lieu de loi?
(L’avocat.)
Ce qu’il y a de triste (it is sad) c’est que vous contre (against) vous Turnet et Brodeau.
Le Plaideur.
Autres lègislateurs de la mème force, san doute?
L’avocat.
Oui. Le droit romain n’ayant pu être suffisamment expliqué (not having been sufficiently explicit in the case in point,) dans le cas dont’il s’agit, on se partage (divides) en plusieurs opinions diffèrentes.
Le Plaideur.
Que parlez-vous ici du droit romain? est-ce que nous vivons sous (live under) Justinien ou sous Thèodose?
L’avocat.
Non pas (no-no.)
Clemens ceased copying Voltaire’s dialogue in midpage, and on the next notebook page he began his record of a specific voyage on the Alonzo Child. It is difficult to account for the apparent lapse of three years between his pilot memorandum books; perhaps he kept others during the interim which have not survived, or possibly he found that he could steer successfully by relying on the current reports of the Pilots’ Benevolent Association, which are discussed in chapter 15 of Life on the Mississippi.
November 1860
1st. high water trip of “Child”
Ext. end of rudder on wreck above Tunica II, 1 ft out—top of rudder-post 3 feet out.—None of the main bar above covered—when it is, go up shore.
Strip of bar 100 long tailing across ft of slough at ft Desheroon’s middle-bar 3 ft. out.
Bridge of bar across ft of shore slough opp ft Big Blk 3 ft out—½ 2 in ft Big Blk, & mrk 2 in hd—(should have been ½ 2. When that “bridge” is covered, go in at ft of t or t-- else down bet. bars at Hurrican for 8 or 9 ft—or when ft of H. II bar is covered pretty much—
With river as above, had 7 ft in hd of 103—more there, perhaps—had mark 3 in 98.
(Night—could not go thro’ 93)
This account of river conditions is significant because it was during a trip from New Orleans to Saint Louis, begun on 10 November 1860, that Clemens ran the Alonzo Child aground about seventy miles above New Orleans. One of the shallow places described here may have caused the delay about which he wrote to Orion on 20 November: “Running in the fog, on the coast, in order to beat another boat, I grounded the ‘Child’ on the bank, at nearly flood-tide, where we had to stay until the ‘great’ tide ebbed and flowed again (24 hours,) before she floated off. And that dry bank spell so warped and twisted the packet, and caused her to leak at such a rate, that she had to enter protest and go on the dock, here Saint Louis, which delays us until Friday morning” (TS in MTP).
This was the last upriver trip made by the Alonzo Child in November. It next left New Orleans on 3 December, but Clemens’ notes skip to the 29 January 1861 departure from that city.
2d highwater trip—Jan 1860 18616—Alonzo Child.—rising fast
Perhaps water enough opp. Bayou Goula—don’t know
Manchac Bar covered—logs aground. Up Luda bar shore—no lead.
Up shore bel. Bat. Rouge
Had no bottom in r- Prophet’s Island.
Up 1. h. shore all the way in Bayou Sara chute
Up shore opp “Como”.
Up shore Ft. Adams Reach
Was a good deal of water inside Dead Man. Was probably 6 or 7 ft in Glasscocks—night—didn’t try.
This is one of the fullest reports of a run in Clemens’ river memorandum books; here the twenty-five-year-old pilot, despite more than three years’ experience, privately acknowledged a degree of professional timidity:
Was probably water enough bet. bars at head Hurricane—had to go after woodboat—didn’t try.
Was about 3 or ½ 3 up Race Track shore—night—didn’t.
Had ½ 3 in 102,—was about ¼—½ 2 or- in 100—night—didn’t.
Water through slough bel. 97. 6 ft. bank in 96–7—had 3 fath to 1. of 96.
Further on in his report Clemens became even more forthright:
Afraid of 82—had 3 fath in Gaines.
8 ft bank at fld sort of under pt ft Choctaw Bd—Went over—got close to cor of Choctaw—up a little & ran out—on 2 casts 9 ft—never more than 175 from I, fm shoul. to head.
Night—didn’t run either 77 or 76 towheads
8 ft bank on Main shore, Ozark chute—can go up shore when 4 or 5 ft. bank.
Went up round wil. pt above Napoleon till S came open on it, or on the bch big t’s, l. derrick on Beulah—3 fath—then went up over the big bar on 9 ft abr. hd 74.
Was probably 6 ft in Mid Grounds—(forgot to run it!)—more in 70–1.
His inclination toward caution is also evident in subsequent entries on the same trip:
Could have run Montezuma (either side,)—slough above Prairie Pt & shore opp Sterling—night—didn’t.7
4 to 6 ft bank on pt bel. ft of Buck I II
Could have run Buck I II tohead—night—didn’t.
The Alonzo Child left New Orleans again on 18 February, and Clemens made a detailed report:
Next Trip—February, ’61—river same stage exactly as last up trip.
Water 10 to 15 foot banks on coast. Had ¼ 14 behind Bayou Goula.
Would take 4 or 5 ft to put water in chute in Consort Pt. 7 ft bank at Jackson’s house—10 or 12 bank higher up, (in the field. Ranged from 2½ to 4 ft bank up willows bel. Deadman bar—was 6 ft in it, two words sure—night—didn’t.
Even though the water at New Orleans was standing at the same level as on his preceding voyage, Clemens found sufficient change to fill twelve pages of his notebook with cryptic jottings. His last entry during the journey noted, “We’ve been on a smart rise since above Horse-Shoe Bend.”
His fourth trip during March 1861 began at New Orleans on the twenty-eighth:
River just same stage as last trip, but falling.
Water in slough in Black Hawk Point, (night,)—had 8 at ft & Mark 2 in head of Dead Man—p----n Deep 4 in Glas
1 or 2 ft running down through Cowpen slough, & 2 ft or 3 in head Rifle—had 6½ in Coles Creek Chute—turn up past head of II—more to run chan perhaps—had only 2 casts of shoal water—bars in chute 4 ft out—big slough up middle, start fm mid of deepest Bd in II—bel. ft of main hd-of-II timber—& hd say 2 or 3 times open on r. h. pt (n’importe, run by judgment—better.
Despite the signs of impending conflict—troops gathering at strategic points along the shore, the bolstering of fortifications, mounting hostility in southern ports toward northern boats—Clemens’ river notes remain professionally noncommittal. His last verifiable trips before steamboat traffic stopped were made from Saint Louis to New Orleans on 10 April, with a return to Saint Louis on 25 April. Although Clemens’ notes do not reflect any awareness of the disastrous effect the war would have on river commerce, his growing professional ease did allow him to intersperse unrelated matters among his piloting annotations. These other entries are scattered throughout and resemble the memoranda in Clemens’ first notebook—French grammar lessons, New Orleans addresses, a few lines of poetry, some bars of music, and a laundry list which documents the usual costume of a river pilot. Clemens returned to Voltaire, quoting the opening remarks in “Dialogue Entre un Philosophe et un Contrôleur Général Des Finances” (1751):
“Savez-vous qu’un ministre des fiances peut faire beaucoup plus de bien, et par conséquent être un plus grand homme que vingt maréchaux de France?”
“La vanitè n’est pas tant un vice que vous le pensez. Si Louis XIV n’en avait pas eu un peu, son règne n’eût pas été si illustre. Le grand Colbert en avait; ayez celle de le surpasser. Vous êtes nè dans un temps plus favorable que le sien. Il faut s’èlever avec son siècle”
(“Croyez qu’il n’y a rien d’utile que vous ne puissez faire aisèment.) Colbert trouva d’un côte l’administration des fiances dans tout le dèsordre où les guerres civiles et trente ans de rapine I’avaient plongèe. Il trouva de l’autre une nation lègére, (fickle,) ignorante, asservie, à des prèjugès dont la rouille (rudeness) avait trieze cents ans d’anciennetè. Il n’y avait pas un homme au conseil qui sût ce que c’est que le change: il n’y en avait pas un qui sût ce que c’est que la proportion des espèces, pas un qui eût l’idèe du commerce. A prèsent les lumières se sont communiquèes de proche en proche.
(Copied.)
Toll—toll—toll!
Way for a mighty soul
Unbar the gates of night
Woe—woe—woe!
It passeth—So!
|
shirts—1—1—1—1—1—1 |
6 |
| Linen Pants—1—1 | —2 |
| White Cotton Socks—1—1—1—1—1—1 | 4 56 |
| Linen Coat—1 | 1 |
| White hdkf—1—1—1—1 | 4 2 |
| ----- Vest—1—1 | 2 |
| Drawers—1—1 | 2 |
| Byron Collars—1—1—1 | 3 |
| Standing do—1 | 1 |
| Blue Cot. Socks—1 | 1 |
| 26 | |
| Chambermaid | —$2.00 |
pâté—pie
veloutè—velveting
Arretè—resolution
Cela me fait plaisir
De peur—de crainte que—lest
Encore que—even though—till—until (jusqu’à ce que)
Afin que—in order that
A moins que—unless
Avant que—before
En cas que—au cas que—in case -
Bien que—quoique—though
John Stevenson’s house8 is— Magazine Market9 is between St. Mary and St. Andrew st.
On St. Mary st. between Nayades and Apollo sts. 2d house on left—painted brown.
Margaret Leonard lives in Annunciation st bet. Phillipp and Sarreoperou.10
Sitting under fig tree in Jackson st NO.
Pretty Cath Church bel Jackson st. N.O.
“Dieu! qu’elle ètait jolie!”
Je suis allè chez vous hier, mais vous n’y êtiez pas—(but you were out)
On me l’a dit. Je suis bien fachè de ne pas ne n’y être trouvè
J’ai un projet dont je dèsire vous entretenir (speak about)
Je suis à votre disposition—service
Entr. IIIe—Si l’homme est ne mèchant et enfant du diable?—sub. 3d ----- 11
Allai au apotheke, et acheter trois sous de la longue epèce et le break en short pieces—et acheter trois sous de la short epice et le break en longue pieces et acheter trois sous de l’autre epèce et le break en square pieces—boil ’em down—donc allai à le barbière et causer le tête ètre razè—donce dormir sur la lit trois semaines—la première fait un plastre et le mit sur le tête—
Cela—veut-il une mal de dent?
Ah—Je pensait que vous eu mal de tête!
C’est bien facile—(easy)
Pas si facile que vous le croyez—(think)
Comment donc cela (how so?)
Bien entendu—(of course)
Vous avez raison (are right)
Mais, alors, que comptez-vous, afaire? (intend to do?)
Vous feriez peut-etre bien
would do perhaps
J’en ai entendu parler
of it
Je le crois
it
Cela ne mߣetonne pas que me conseillez-vous
Je vous conseille de ne pas trop vous pes presser12
Je ne dis pas cela
Vous êtez êtes13 bien bon
kind
Où (- vous retrouverai-je
meet
- Où vous voudrez. Donnez-moi un rendez-vous.
pleaseappointment
Eh bien—chez moi—demain—à deux heures
Je J’y14 serai.
Ailleurs—elsewhere
When Clemens temporarily (as he thought) gave up river piloting and departed for Carson City in July 1861 with Orion, he left his most recent piloting notebook in the custody of his mother. Jane Clemens used its blank pages to record household income and expenditures, and this document’s survival may be due to her employment of it as an account ledger, from time to time, until 1870. Two of her memoranda are relevant to her son’s notebooks since they concern loans Samuel Clemens made to fellow pilots while he was on the river. Horace Bixby was one of those who owed him money. On 14 October 1862 Jane Clemens wrote to her son about her anxiety that Bixby would renege on his $200 debt because of Samuel Clemens’ supposed “secesh” sympathies ( MTBus , p. 73). But her memoranda in this notebook indicate that her fears were not realized:
St. Louis August 12 1862
Rec’vd of Mrs Bixby on Sams note 10.00
Sept 16th 1864
rece’ed of Bixby 200.35 $235.00
paid Sam.
put in Will’s hand $200—kept in my own hand $35.00
Another debt is documented on a slip of ruled blue paper which Jane Clemens tucked into the pocket in the leather notebook cover—a hand-written promissory note from Will Bowen to his fellow pilot:
$200.00
One day after date I promise to pay to Sam’l L. Clemens on order two hundred dollars without defalcation or discount
Wm Bowen
St Louis Mo
Feb 25th 1861
On the back of the neatly inscribed note Jane Clemens credited Bowen with payment of “one hundred dollars on within March 7th 1865” and computed the interest on $200 at 10 per cent until 4 January 1865—a total of $277.15. She also made a record of the transaction in the pages of the notebook: “March 7th 1865 Will Bowen paid me for Sam $100.00.” Bowen eventually became irritated at Jane Clemens’ persistent efforts to collect the remainder of the money, and on 25 August 1866 Clemens sent him a carefully worded letter of placation: “There has been a misunderstanding all around. You know I didn’t want to take your note, but you insisted on it. And when I started across the plains to be gone 3 months & have the recreation we all needed (thinking the war would be closed & the river open again by that time,) I turned over a lot of notes for money I had loaned (for I did not know what might happen), to Ma, & among them yours—but I charged her earnestly never to call on you for a cent save in direst emergency, because, in all justice you could not be said to owe me a cent” ( MTLBowen , pp. 12–13). The dispute was resolved, and the two men corresponded amicably thereafter.
Jane Clemens filled other pages of the notebook with itemized accounts of her personal expenditures and with the amounts of money which Orion and Sam sent to her from 1861 until 1870. She recorded a total of $2,242.55 contributed by her two sons during those nine years. The fluctuations in the family fortunes are reflected in these figures, for at first Orion’s contributions were her main source of income, together with $297.75 which William Moffett provided in small payments before his death in 1865. By 1868, however, Samuel Clemens had virtually taken over her support, sending her steadily increasing amounts which were climaxed on 6 January 1870 when she received a check from him for $500, followed by another on 26 February for $300.
Notebook 3 now contains 144 pages, 54 of them blank. The pages measure 5⅝ by 2⅞ inches (14.3 by 7.3 centimeters) and are ruled with twenty-three pale gray horizontal lines and divided by pale brown vertical lines into four unequal columns in account book fashion. The page edges are marbled in red, black, and gold. The endpapers and flyleaves are white. The cover is of soft, stamped, black leather; the back cover extends beyond the width of the notebook to wrap around the fore-edge of the pages, meeting the front cover and terminating in a scalloped leather clasp that holds the notebook shut when slipped beneath a leather strap attached to the front cover; the extension of the back cover is lined with soft maroon leather. Between the back endpaper and the back cover is a pocket containing Will Bowen’s promissory note and some newspaper clippings, probably placed there by Jane Clemens. Attached to this pocket is a green leather pencil holder. The cover has come loose from the pages and flyleaves. With the exception of some of Jane Clemens’ entries in brown ink and the black ink bracket beside one of Clemens’ river entries, all of the inscriptions in this notebook are in pencil.
[MS: N03_front cover]
[MS: N03_front endpaper]
15 / zs
oohr Gw
dowdy
Hy Thacker
oct no fr
ohr or
H
omh
—
John “
[MS: N03_front flyleaf recto]
Je crois que vous le savez
mieux que moi
[MS: N03_front flyleaf verso]
blank verso
[MS: N03_leaf_001r]
Inquire at Charity
Hospital, in
Com-
mon
Common
st., if an
Eng-
lishman
Englishman
named
Coulson died there
of yellow fever in
1853-4. He boarded
with a Mrs. Reed in
Tchoupitoulas street.
accounts on the bottom half of this page and on the next page are in the hand of Jane Lampton Clemens
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[MS: N03_leaf_002r]
“Keeping me here in
ex-
citation
excitation
all this time.” ◊◊◊
“I’m small, old—preer abed
40 years—but d–d if I
can’t whip man sht
in home”
What you done—
mur-
der
murder
—rap thefts—worse
’n that.
Hold my coat Bro—I’ve
found the man sht in
home
What’s yr name ?
Quel est votre nom?
“6 days”
Combien des jours
avez vous travaillez?
“Bat mur jaune ? ”
“Allez vous a la bureau
et prenez votre argent”
“I’ll be d–d if I do.
I’ll sink the boat first[”]
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Il est convalescent
Watch!—Venez vous away
fm cette chaise!
“Diable! Switch pour quoi”
ne vous allai dans ce batteau?
Parce que vous ne sont accompt
Pat, Bridget & un enfante, et
que pensez-vous il ist?
C'est un garcon?
Non.—C’est une veille negre
[MS: N03_leaf_003r]
From “Voltaire's Dialogues.”
“Pladeur et Avocat.”
Le Pladeur
Eh, bien monsier, le procès
de cès pauvre orphelines?
L’Avocat.
Comment! Il n’y a que
dix-
huit-ans
dix-huit-ans
que leaur bien est
aux saisies rèelles. On n’a
mangè encore en frais de
justice que le tiens de leur
fortune; et vous vous
plaig-
nez
plaignez
!
Le Pladeur.
Je ne me plains point
cette bagatelle. Je connais
l’usage; je le respecte;
mais, pourquoi depuis
trois mois que vous
de-
mandez
demandez
audience n’avez-
vous pu l’obtenir qu'-
aujourd’hui?
L’avocat.
C’est que vous ne l’avez
pas demandèe vous-mème
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pour vos pupilles. Il fallait
aller plusieurs fois chez
votre juge pour le
sup-
plier
supplier
de vous juger.
Le Plaideur.
Son devoir est de rendre
justice sans qu’on l’en prie.
Il est bien grande de dècider
des fortunes des hommes
sur son tribunal; il est
bien petit de voulour avoir
des malheureux dans son
antichambre. Je ne vais
point à l’audience de mon
curè le prier de chanter
sa grand’messe (high
mass.); pourquoi faut-il
que j’aille supplier mon
juge (supplicate) de
rem-
plir
remplir
les (fulfill) fonctions
de sa charge> Enfin
douce après tant de delais (
(Finall, then, after manu
de-
lays
delays
.) nous allons être juges
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aujourd’hui?
L’avocat.
Oui, il y a (there is) grande
apparencer que vous
gag-
nerez
gagnerez
un chef de votre
pro-
cès
procès
; car vous avez pour vous
un article dècisif dans
Charondas
Le Plaideur.
Ce Charondas est
appare-
ment
apparement
quelque chancelier
(Squire) de nos premiers
rois, qui fit une lois en
(made a law) faveur des
orphelines?
L’avocat.
Point du tout; (not at all,)
c’est un particulier qui
a dit son avis (opinion,
advice,) dans un gros
livre qu’on ne le point,
(which is never read,) mais
un avocat le cite (cites)
les juges le croient (believes)
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et on gagne (gains) sa cause.
Le Plaideur.
Quoi! l’opinion d’un
Charondas tient (taken in
stead) lieu de loi?
(L’avocat.)
Ce qu’il y a de triste (it is sad)
c’est que vous contre (against)
vous Turnet et Brodeau.
Le Prlaideur.
Autres lègislateurs de la
mème force, san doute?
L’avocat.
Oui. Le droit romain n’-
ayant pu être
suffisam-
ment
suffisamment
expliqué (not having
been sufficiently explicit in the case in point,) dans le
cas dont il s’agit, on se
partage (divides) en plusieurs
opinions diffèrentes.
Le Plaideur.
Que parlez-vous ici du droit
romain? est-ce que nous
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vivons sous (live under)
Justinien ou sous Thèodore?
L’avocat.
Non pas (no-no.)
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November 1860
1st high water trip of “Child”
Ext. end of rudder on wreck
above Tunica II, 1 ft out—top
of rudder—past 3 feet out—
None of the main bar above
covered—when it is, go up shore.
Strip of bar 100 long
tail-
ing
tailing
across ft of slough at ft
Desheroon’s middle-bar 3
ft. out.
Bridge of bar across ft
of shore slough opp ft Big Blk
3 ft out—1/2 2 in ft Big Blk,
& mrk 2 in hd—(should have
been 1.2 2.[)] When that "bidge"
is covered, r gain at ft of I or b
else down bet. bars at
Hurri-
can
Hurrican
for 8 or 9 ft—or when
ft of H. II bar is covered pretty much—
With river as above, had
7 ft in hd of 103—more there
perhaps—had mark 3 in 98.
[MS: N03_leaf_006r] (Night—could not go thro ’93)
Lumps below Greenville out
several ft—bank in chute
above Greenville, 4 ft high where
fence comes down.
Bar at shoulder of
Choc-
taw
Choctaw
II high yet—had 3 fath.
at Catfish pt—sand lump in mid
about opp. mud pt above white
house, 2 1/2 or 3 ft out.
Have no lead in 76
Had 1/4 2 or mark 2 in
Ozark—got too high
Pt of bar opp ft Clark’s
fld covered, & logs aground on
pt.—3 1/2 fath at ft 68
Did not run 65—(night)
Had 3 up shore Horse Shoe
Water just running through
Montezuma slough—had
1 cast 9 1/2 up shore above bayou above
Helena—bars opp. Helena all covered.—9 1/2 going mud in lump
to r. h. shore bel. Sterling.
[MS: N03_leaf_006v]
Clark’s bar out 3 or 4 ft
—came up mid in ft
Coun-
cil
Council
Bd.
Above Helena, when get to
Prairie Pt. where wood boat is,
if pt bars are covered, come out
from above pt till the 2 points
open, then pull back shape of
shore—through slough—say 9
99 ft
Up around l. h dry bar, shy
hd ship I.
1/2 3 up El Dorado shore &
up 39—probably mark 2 in
Old Hen & 4 or 5 ft in 40—& 4
or 5 ft in hd of Outlet & mid. bar
at Dev. El. probably 3 or
4 aft
ab
ht—& water in cor of II slough
this dry bar in chute 35—hdd
9 ft in 35 & 7 1/2 in 34—night
Bars in neighborhood of Plum
pt very high—13 to 15 ft bank
on blff f. pt above Oscola—hed
6 ft up shore fo below Fletcher’s
—crossed river square—started
[MS: N03_leaf_007r]
out about 3 or above Fletch—
—deep. Logs aground in
slough under pt opp ft 26
(opp hd 26) Had 9 ft st fm ft of
bch ts, s on cabins, hd below
bulge of timber—stay on willows
— 3 fath—start out fm
hd t
Hales Pt
h s Warehouse (be out
some,) & hd on Newcomb,
s about on w.house or below.
F St cut bar above 21
cov-
ered
covered
—river has risen 10 or
12 ft—had 1/4 3 up shore &
on up to ft 18.
Wait in 16—came out—
was 3 ft in it—10 ft bank
on ft of II—twin stumps in chute
14 in ch out—can run it when
bar above 18 is nearly or quite
covered, for 12 or 15 ft.
D seg 1/4 less 3 & deep 4 past hd
16.
[MS: N03_leaf_007v]
2d highwater trip—Jan.
18601—Alonzo Child.—rising fast
Perhaps water enough
opp. Bayou Goula—don't know
Manchac Bar covered
—logs aground. Up Luda
bar shore—no lead.
Up shore bel. Batn. Rouge
Had no bottom in ri
Prophet’s Island.
Up l. h. shore all the
way in Bayou Sara chute
Up shore opp “Como.”
“ ” Ft. Adams Reach
was a good deal of water
inside Dead Man. Was
probably 6 or 7 ft in
Glass-
cocks
Glasscocks
—night—didn’t try.
N
15 ft. bank up shore
opp Natchez II—no bottom.
Up shore above
Fair-
child's
Fairchild's
II.
Good deal of water
all over Coles creek chute.
[MS: N03_leaf_008r]
12 or 15 ft bank—
could have gone up shore
above Gen. Taylor’s—too
much drift.
When 6 ft bank, go
up shore above
Bruins-
burgh
Bruinsburgh
—outside towhead.
Was probably water
enough but bars at
head Hurricane—had
to go after woodboat
—didn't try.
Was about 3 or 1/2 3
up Race Track shore
—night—didn't.
Had 1/2 3 in 102,—
was about 1/4
2 2 on in 100
—night—didn’t.
Water through slough
bel. 97. 6 ft. bank in
96–7—had 3 fath to l. of
96.
Up shore bel. 95.
When bank in 96–7
[MS: N03_leaf_008v]
is even full, run chute
of 95. Could run it now
but for logs in head of it.
Up above from
Prov-
idence
Providence
to Pilcher’s.
2 or 3 ft in Princeton—logs
aground. 7 or 8 ft Bnk on pt. I
believe.
Went around that portion of
bar in head Mathew’s which is
yet dry.
2 or 3 ft in Fanny Smith’s
Cut bar outside 2 ft high
Up to shoal, 84
6 ft bank at Vaucluse
Had 3 fath inside Leland
Linns—had good water in
Chicot—night—1/2 2—hardly
enough
Afraid of 82—had
3 fath in Gaines.
8 ft bank at fld sort of
under pt ft Choctaw Bd—
west over—got close to cor of
[MS: N03_leaf_009r]
Choctaw—up a little & ran
out—on 2 casts 9 ft—never
more than 175 from I, fm
shoal, to head.
Night—didn’t run
either 77 or 76 towheads
8 ft abnk on Main
shore, Ozark chute—can
go up shore when 4 or 5 ft.
bank
Went up round wil.
pt above Napoleon till
symbol came open on it, or on the
bch big t’s, l. derrick on
Beulah—3 fath—then
went up over the big bar
in 9 ft abr. hd 74.
Was probably left in
Mid Grounds—(forgot to
run it!)—wore in 70–1.
Went up willows at
White River on 1/4 2, clear to
Main pt—abr inside a snag
—stood out scarcely any
—none under cor of wills.
Water in Scrub Grass
—water just running in to
[MS: N03_leaf_009v]
little bayou under Scrub
Grass pt, & 6 ft bank on the
point.—8 or 9 in 70–1—
Had 1/2 2 at ft & 1/4
2 in head 69.
A Dive 4 ft bank on
68
—went right up around
dry bar (like Blue Wing,) &
right around wells 50 or 75
off—then pulled close in
under f. pt that showed
—1/4 2—was 3 or 4 fath in
pt channel.
To find chute of 66,
throw st in Indian Charley
fld & hd open on wil pt
that shows—ch is just above it
Had in 66.
“ Pt. way 63
Could have run
Mon-
tezuma
Montezuma
(either side,)
slough above Prairie
Pt & shore opp Sterling
—night—didn’t.
[MS: N03_leaf_010r]
4 to 6 ft bank on
pt bel. ft og Buck II
Could have run
Buck II tohead—night
—didn't.
4 & 5 ft bank up
shore opp Dark Corner.
Had 1/4 l. 3 in ft of
Cat II towhead—s on 2
big ts 250 above hd fld,
(start fm 75 bel. towhead,
abreast ft hi tim,) hd 150
bel. big fld.—had 1/4 3
in head.
100 of ft of bar dry
above cor of wills,—Cow
II—could have gone
around ’em 300 off
—went up Bd till pt &
Cow II opened—then pulled
to pt. st in
symbol
Ⓣtextual note in big notch
1/2 way bet. 2 big white
ts, 500 apart.
Went over under pt
—up around it—stood out
[MS: N03_leaf_010v]
200—back open on Reeves
pt bch—up shore to
Dis-
mal
Dismal
—1/4 3 round Reeves
gravel.
Had 1/4 l. 3 in 40—7 ft
bank on II in chute—went to
r. of snag in head
Did not go inside 39—
considered it a cut-on.
Plenty in Outlets, but hd
full logs.
Hove lead u up gravel
at head 35—no bottom
—ran no channel in
it. 8 foot bank in point
opp Demford’s—or rather
up shore at hd of tim. When
3 ft bank, can go through
slough in 35—s needn’t come
up to ft of t—there’ll be 9 ft or
more. When 1 ft bank at same
place, go all the way up r. h. shore
—begin to heave lead at ft low
white wills 2 or 300 above big
fld—keep within 1/2 length
[MS: N03_leaf_011r]
of shore all the time—7 or 8
ft on standing river.
34—st fm abr. mouth
of river, pull to 600 under
hd of II, s. 5 or 600 above pt
—till 300 out—1/2 2 (was
3 in it, perhaps,) wear head
up
to hd. young cottons below
F o t’s, s on ft 34, hd in
mid of pt. blff—3 fath.
Night from there—did
not go past ft 25—was 3
fath there, perhaps—had
Had 1/4 2 in ft 16
—was about 8 ft in hd—but
backed out—too much
steering in it. 8 ft bank
be-
low
below
16—& 18 bar dry, high
Past pt, Tiptonville
—no lead—deep 4 about
Slough through bar at
No 10, had water in it—run
it for 8 or 9 ft when 1/4 l 3
in 16—s fm hd or mid of fld
on No 10, hd on wood piles in
[MS: N03_leaf_011v]
cottons above big t, till over
shoal, s on bch on ft No 10.
Slough under pt above
No 10 just dry—there was 4
ft in No. 8, K bars outside
ft of it dry—when covered,
run it. Went up around II
250 off till above shoulder
200. Ought to have gone over
reef at shoulder instead of
standing round it. Run
II till within 100 of hd—3 fath.
Around Wolf—1/4 3 at
hd.—falling river.
Falls City came
up behind us. Ran
Bayou Goula—no lead.
Had 3 fath in Glasscok
—ran no channel. Ran
Diamond Chute, mark
2—(when any water at
all in lower chute below
Diamond, good—8 or 9
ft bank in opp Bd.)
[MS: N03_leaf_012r]
They have no lead up
shore below Vicksburg
Had 1/4 2 in 100. Came
up middle at hd
Hurr-
cane
Hurrcane
II
Next trip—February,
’61—river same stage
exactly as last up trip.
Water 10 to 15 foot
banks on coast. Had
1/4 l 4 behind bayou Goula.
Would take 4 or 5
ft to put water in chute
in Consort Pt. 7 ft bank
at Jackson’s house—10 or
12 bank higher up, (in
the field.[)] Ranged from
2 1/2 to 4 ft bank up
willows bel. Deadman
bar—was 6 ft in it.
pl◊◊
h◊ p◊◊
Ⓜemendation
sure—night—didn’t.
Had 1/2 3 in
Glass-
cock’s
Glasscock’s
—(water just in Deadman
a poor mark for it.)
[MS: N03_leaf_012v]
Came around pt b at
Natchez II—no bottom
Across head of
Fair-
child’s
Fairchild’s
, s in mid Hs—in W,
hd r. h. pt till open.—got
no lead—was 3 there, at
least.
Water just running
in at hed Rifle Towhead.
WhenⓂemendation bank ranges
from 1 to 3 1/2 up pt below
Coles C. II, run chute for
9 symbol 1/4 l 2. (Up II till
well above house—come
out & go where you please)
Went up shore above
Gen. Taylor’s.
River about same
stage as last trip. 10 to 6
15 bank up reach above
Theaster’s. Went up l. h.
shore of Big Black, st.
fm 2 ts, hd under hd of II
[MS: N03_leaf_013r]
till take shape of l. h. wi
bar, 100 off,—keep it,—
pull-
ing
pulling
in to gouge in bar,
—then right out again,
hding 200 under hd of
II, s on cor of will’s—1/4 l. 2
—in first marks will be
good water when last
are nearly dry.
Went over to r. h shore
bel. ft of Hurricane &
followed it, 100 off, clear
to past foot of Palmyra
—willows on bar sticking
out several feet—ran
the slough: be 2 or 300 out
fm Palmyra, & when abreast
hd of fld 2 or 300 abov ft of
II, pull in on hd of big t,
ap-
parently
apparently
600 bel. main pt,
s 200 above Carthage—1/4 3.
9 to 12 bank opp ft of
Diamond
(ran chute)—water just barely
running in to lower chute
(below the II,)—had 8 1/2 in it.
[MS: N03_leaf_013v]
When 4
6 ft bank opp
Diamond, or have 1/4 2 in
“ run Warrenton
towhead, night or day—it
is straight.
No bottom in Race
Track—willows out—bar
all covered—8 ft bank on bold
pt at big fld, near ft Race T.
Water in head of chute,
under pt bel. Yazoo River
—had 1/4 l. 2 in 100 in the
night—1/4 3 in 96–7.
2 ft would ptut put
water in dd chute in Walnut
Pt. & 1 ft would put it in
old bayou 100 bel. hd cottons
on lower 84 towhead—(which
makes good 7 feet in 82.
—ly. Eagle went through it
to-day, although bar in scrub
grass was 3 ft out.)
6 ft at lowest bank at
Vaucluse—had 1/4 3 opp
[MS: N03_leaf_014r]
Greenville—had 1/2 3 in
Chicot Chute—had one cast
mark 3 in Gaines!
Had 8 1/2 at shoulder
of Choctaw—st fm under
f. pt. hd on s top till s on
upper house above stumpy
pt, hd open on hd of II,
till 100 above Bowen's houses
on II, (300 out fm II,) pull
down 1/2 way fm Eutaw to
Childers, s open on II.
There were 5 ft with
stick in Cypress Towhead
—didn’t run it—was
about 8
in
G. Eagle had 6 in 76 Towhead
—Grey Eagle ran it. So,
when there is water run—
ning down shore behind
dry lump shore opposite
Luna Landing, ◊◊◊◊ over
◊◊, and water 200 or 300
up in ft of slough through
willows above Port Ander-
[MS: N03_leaf_014v]
son. Can run 82 and
76 for 6 ft & Cypress for
5. (Still, G. Eagle was
only drawing 4 ft—and
came very slowly through
76.) The lump opposite
Luna was 3 or 4 ft out,
& about 5 or 6 inches water
behind it Think there
were 7 ft in 83.
Grey Eagle had 9 ft in 82.
Came (up below Beulah,)
like last trip.
Had 1/4 l. 2 in 69
—night—all there was in it.
Had 1/4 2 round pt,
67–8—night—not enough
by a fathom or 2 so.
Had in 66
Ran no channel in
65, nor pt way, 63
Had 1/4 2 in
Mon-
tezuma
Montezuma
—s a little above
ft of towhead, hd on shore
towhead, say 250 or 300
un-
der
under
r. h. pt.
[MS: N03_leaf_015r]
Had Lumps (2 or 3) ◊◊◊◊ 5
ft out bel. foot of
Monte-
zuma
Montezuma
.
Had 1/4 3 up Helena
shore. Bar at Prairie
pt all covered. Couldn't
find the slough. Seemed
to be some water all the
way up the shore. Rather
closer, though.
Landed at Sterling.
Was good water—say 2
fath. up opp. shore,—
bar Ferry boat bar 4 or 5 ft
dry. Wouldn’t be afraid
to run shore for 1/4 l 2, any
how—must be more. Need
not stand out anywhere
more than 50 yds (right
at lower pt.) Authentic.
Would take 3 1/2 or 4 ft
to put water in old chute
of 58, abreast Herbert's house
—when water in it, run Whis-
[MS: N03_leaf_015v]
ky chute, (past head of II.) for
9 ft on rising river, (6 ft
in Whisky now, with sticks
At this stage, I had 9
ft in chuts of 21 (went
nearly to tow
up II till r. h. Bd open
then went in shape of it, on
1/2 3—then up the Bd to 300
above upper cabins, about
400 below pt, & held out 300
open on hd of 21—then up to
r. of 17 & over to 16.
Also, at this stage, run
slough under Grand Cut Off
for 9 ft on rising river
(G. Eagle ran it.) Also, we
stood out 150 fm shore, above
Sar-
acen
Saracen
pt, raised reef over highest
part of bar, on 9 1/2, & went right
back to mid. of lower tow head.
Could have gone up shore & out
part ft of same towhead.
Then,
w Went out to
wil-
low
willow
lump, from Cypress f. pt.
to 100 fm it, stued up shape
[MS: N03_leaf_016r]
or reef which makes up
fm it, ran round first
cor of it, then raised it &
headed much above
Bled-
saw’s
Bledsaw’s
(1/4 l. 2,) till came
to a bold cross reef, raised
it on 1/4 2 & went up
un-
der
under
pt. Then out f to ft
of Commerce bar, past lower
bold cor. Then raised it, with
s on hed belt cottons, head
above head of t, on lower
houses in town, 1/4 l. 3—
ran around lower bar
up to pt, 22 off the rack
heaps.
Ought to have had 1/4 or
1/2 2 in Buck II Toh (had
1/4 l. 4 in ft,) but ran fm shore
lump
Fm Cat. II houses, ran
upper bar 100 off (1.4 l. 4,) & all
the way round to ft Cat. II Toh
(in head of which, regardless of
[MS: N03_leaf_016v]
channel, had 3 fath—had
There was a dry spur say
150 or 100 long b above that
shoals of Cow Islands—we
rased reef 250 or 300
be-
yond
beyond
that spur & held on
Wid Holbrook’s (1/4 l. 2,)
till deeper, then held pt
less open—just went up
shape of IIs, 200 off.
Up willows under
Reeves, out a little round
gravel, upshore nearly to
Dismal, then straight
over to pt, over top of bar,
1/4 l, 4, & up Vice Pres.
When all bar opp
Ster-
ling
Sterling
is covered, run Whisky
sure. When This trip, ’twould
take 2 ft to pnt watr in
chute of Ship & Battle, under
Harding’s pt, & this trip
we ran no channel in 40
—(patch of bar in mid Old
[MS: N03_leaf_017r]
Hen as big as steamer
boat.)—went up outside
39, (G. Eagle went through
Outlets,)—went never went
w nearer than 3 or 400 of ft
of 37—over bar abo below
should of 37—ran slough
under shoal of 35 (in chute)
on 6 1/2—night—was more
there—went up shore of
34 chute—no lead—went
bet. bar & shore away
un-
der
under
Plum pt on 1/4 3—up
shore a round Plum pt,
in-
side
inside
of every thing, & on into
Bd round 30—stood out 200
at hd of Bd, (9 ft on one, 1/4
l. 2 on outside lead,)—up
through Forked Deer—this
is quickest way.
Hales’ Pt
,—st on Ft.
from
above ft of t, hd open on l. h.
towhead, s or hd on Dyers, s on
main pt, tell cross reef,
(6 1/2,—was more there,)—there
[MS: N03_leaf_017v]
pulled in on towhead.
Logs were aground
on bar which runs fm
Key’s Pt to hd 30—none,
or at least very little of bar
dry. Off course nothing
dry about Plum Pt.
After running 21,
intended to go to r. of 17,
but wind wouldn’t let us.
Bar at head of 17
well
pretty well covered—went
up l. h. shore of chute of
16.
Looked like to ft bank
at Casselberry’s. Was 3 to
6 ft bank on 21.
We’ve been on a smart
rise since above Horse-Shoe.
4th March Trip.
River just same stage
as last trip, but falling.
Water in slough
in Black Hawk Point.
[MS: N03_leaf_018r]
(night,)—had 8 at ft &
Mark 2 in head of Dead
Man—pass on Deep 4 in Glas
1 or 2 ft running
down through Cowper
slough, & 2 ft or 3 in head
Rifle—had 6 1/2 in Coles
Creek Chute—turn up
past head of II—more
to run chan perhaps
—had only 2 casts of
shoal water—bars
in chute 4 ft out—big
slough up middle, start
fm mid of deepest Bd
in II—bel. ft of main
hd-of-II Timber—& hd
say 2 or 3 times open on
r. h. pt (n’importe, run
by judgment—better.
Had big 3 fath
doub-
ling
doubling
mark
head of Fairchild’s
—not chan. of it, though.
No Deep 4 upshore
above Gen. Taylor’s.
[MS: N03_leaf_018v]
Was 8 ft bank on
Rod-
ney
Rodney
pt. & at least 5 ft in
St. Joe Towhead, (didn’t)
(Had 1/4 2 to l. of lump
in Big Black chute—&
1/4 3 fath bet. bars above ft
of Palmyra II.
Had 1/4 2 in 11, & 3
fath in 96–7
Had mark 2 up round
willows 100 off fm opp hd
95 to L. Prov.
1 lump by
itself, 20 long, 1 ft out, above
1st cor. of willows (at ft of
shore towhead.
Camp up shore to upper flds & right up willows
opp 93, all the way, 50 to 100
out—mark 2 bel. opp hd 93.
50 bel. Crow’s Warehouse,
water running out in slough
as far as 300 toward levee
Had mark 3 above Leland
—ran no chan in Chicot.
A little water running
behind lump opp Luna
[MS: N03_leaf_019r]
—river about same stage
as last trip, or a foot higher,
but falling fast.
Had
Had 7 1/2 on upper, &
8 ft on lower lead, in 82
—when 600 above upper r.
h. pt., pt & hd of II will
open 100 then pull to or
under l. h. pt. 80 to l. of rock heap s in notch
in wood rank—close in &
run straight part of pt out
full, then pull down clear
to ft of big fld, g’on pt.
Gains—3 fath—fm
ft of upper bch to
Gaines
Had 9 1/2 at shoal of
Choctaw—night. Start
fm away under f. pt (say
fm abreast belt tall cottons,
hd on shoal—close in, up
a little way till get on shoal
water—widen to 150 fm
shore—9 1/2—then wear back
to hd of II, if wish to—or
take shape, 150 out—up
till Bd opens—then X.
Suppose there’s 6 in
Cy-
press
Cypress
& 7 in 76.
Lumps still high—say
[MS: N03_leaf_019v]
5 or 6 ft, bel. Montezuma
shape reef till there is still
a small opening left bet.
Towhead & main shore—
then pull to open on lower
cor of towhead (low willows.)
s 700 above pt (on houses 3 or 400
above Delta,)—this is shaping
ft of towhead bar 100 or 150 off
—1.4 2—up tow head, round
corner 100 or so till abreast
willowless sand, pull off to
ft of dense timber, s above
cor of towhead, till 150 out
—one cast 9 1/2—then straigh
ten up shape of II.
There was just a few
inches water running
be-
hind
behind
shore bar under pt,
shoal of 64.
1/2 3 up shore above
Helena.
Bars opp Sterling
same height as those bel.
Montezuma—shore
chan. will not be good
until all are covered.
stand out 100 round pt,
then back to shore. ٭
[MS: N03_leaf_020r]
Was 8 or 9 ft up shore
above Prairie pt.
Would take 4 or 50
ft to ptut water in hd of
Battle II.
٭ (Next trip—river 4
feet lower)—there is still
a foot or two, at least, up
s
Sterling shore.
—Continuation of “Next
trip.”—1 or 2
f ft, I say. in
head of Rifle—maybe
more—none in Cowper
Was 7 or 8 ft in Big Blk
sl—Xd for wood.
Up r. h. shore, P
Hurricane
F lat sand just out on shore
willow bar right above ft
of Palmyra—didn’t notice
middle bar—had 3 fath through it
No lead bel. Vicks—
was 5 ft in Diamond,
per-
haps
perhaps
—on a
3 or 4 to put water
in lower slough.
6 ft fm hd of t to just
open on pt—over gravel,
[MS: N03_leaf_020v]
in 102.
Had 8 1/2 or 9 ft 100
—1/4 l. 2 in head—working slow
Had good water in 96
3 fath up l. h. shore above Prov 94
5 t ft large, bank n
Fan-
ny
Fanny
Smith’s cut bar, &
still good water above
first middle lump above.
Was about 4 in 82—
take
3 or
4 to put water in
Walnut Pt. chute.
Was 3 ft in 69—slough
in Scrub-Grass Pt is good
mark for 9 1/2 @ 1/4 l. 2.
About same water in
head of 70–1 as in 69.
Had 8 1/2 @ 9 in 66—
always run a t when gravel
in head 69 is barely
well covered
—if dry, go round, sure—
bars in 67–8 county must
be covered, also.
Was about 5 wide in Mon
[MS: N03_leaf_021r]
tezuma—to left is best
as good.
River still 4 lower than last
1/4 l. 3 above Helena.
Reeves gravel covered.
Had 3 fath in Hen &
Chicks—1/4 l. 2 in 40
No lead in 35—9
up strn in 34
.
Had 1/4 or 1/2 2
in-
side
inside
big dry lump
under Plum Pt.
Went fm shed 30
to Fletch—then up
shore all the way
—mark 2, large.
Was 6 or 7 in 21
Had 1/4 l. 2, one cast,
in 16—had same
in No. 8, & l. h. slough
at head No. 10.
Had 6 ft up bar a
be-
low
below
Crossman—
chute through willows
Then will be good
[MS: N03_leaf_021v]
When river is 10 ft
higher—it is a ft or so
dry, now.
3 ft would wet roots
of all the little bch on hd
of chalk banks
tow-
head
towhead
—there are 5 or
6 ft in upper chute, No.
4—looks good—started
in—had 1/4 2 at foot—
backed out. Was 15
or 16 ft bank in highest
place on pt above
Co-
lumbus
Columbus
.
Had 3 fath inside
Ben. Lewis.
Water in hd Mo.
Sister—don't know
how much. Went
up shore of Powers on
mark 2—dry bar
covered—up Kirney
Pt. Shore 1/4 2—up Gen.
Pike Shore—1/4 2.
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—over to Preston, & back
to high part of hill,
Bir-
mingham
Birmingham
—1/2 2—had
3 fath
no lead in Tower II
chute—had
1/4 l. 3 up Ms. shore, Hat II.
3 fath up Wilkinson.
Mark 2 up
Liberty II
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chute—19
0 ft getting in
to Mary’s II,—deep water
up it.
Mark 2 to r. of
wil-
low
willow
bars bel. St May’s
—good water up middle
opp Saline IIs
—no lead.
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“Savez-vous qu’un minstre
ministre des fiances peut
faire beaucoup plus de
bien, et paer conséquent
être un plus grand homme
que vingt maréchaux de
France?”
“La Vanitè n’est pas tant
un vice que vous le pensez.
Si Louis XIV n’en avait pas
eu un peu, son règne n’eût
pas été si illustre. Le grand
Colbert en avait; ayez celle
de le surpasser. Vous êtes
nè dans un temps plus
favorable que le sien. Il
faut s’èlever avec son siècle.”
(“Croyez qu’il n’y a rien
d’utile que vous ne puissez
faire aisèment.) Colbert
trouva d’un côte l’
ad-
ministration
administration
des fiances
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dans tout le dèsordre
où les guerres civiles et
trente ans de rapine l’-
avaient plongèe. Il
trouva de l’autre une
nation lègére, (fickle,)
ignorante, asservie, à
des prèjugès dont la
rouêlle (rudeness) avait
trieze cents ands d’anciennetès
Il n’y avait pas un homme au
conseil q’un sût ce que c’est
que le change: il n’y en
avait pas un qui sûtce
que c’est que la proportion
des especes, pas un que
eût l’idèe du commerce,
et prèsent le lumièeres se
sont communiquèes de
proche en proche.
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Sitting under fig tree in
Jackson st N O.
Pretty
Pretty Cath Church
bel Jackson st. N. O.
“Dieu! qu’elle ètait jolie!”
Je suis allè chez vous hier,
mais vous n’y êtiez pas—
(but you were out)
On me l’a dit. Je suis
bien fachè de ne pas
n’y être trouvè
J’ai un projet dont je
dèsire vous entretenir
(speak about)
Je suis á votre disposition
—service
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Entre. III:—Si l’homme
est ne mèchant et enfant
du diable?—sub. 54
Allai an apotheke, et
acheter trois sous de la
langue epèce et le break
en short pieces—et
ache-
ter
acheter
trois sous de le short
epice et le break en longer
pieces et acheter trois
sous de l’autre epèce
et le break en square
pieces—boil ’em down
—donc allai à le
bar-
bière
barbière
et causer le tête
ètre razè—donc
dor-
mir
dormir
sur la lit trois
semaines—la première
fait un plastre et le
mit sur le tête—
Cela—veut-il une mal
de dent?
Ah—je pensiat que
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vous en mal de tête!
C’est bien facile—(easy)
Pas si facile que vous le
croyez—(think)
Comment donc cela (how so?)
Bien entendu—(of course)
Vous avez raison (are right)
Mais, alors, que comptez
—vous, faire? (intend to do?)
Vous feriez (would do) peut-etre (perhaps) bien
J’en (of it) ai entendu parler
Je le (it) crois
Cela ne m’etonne pas
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que me conseillez-vous
Je vous conseille de ne
pas trop vous presser
Je ne dis pas cela
Vous êtes bien bon (kind)
Où (or vous retrouverai-je (meet)
Où vous voudrez (please),
Don-
nez
Donnez
-moi un rendez-
vous (appointment).
Eh bien—chez moi—
demain—à deux heures
J’y serai.
Ailleurs—elsewhere
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musical notation in top third of page
pâté – pie
veloute – velveting
Amitè – resolution
Cela me fait
plaisir
De peur – de crainte que
– lest
Encore que – even though
– till – until (jusqu’à ce que)
Afin que – in order that
A moins que – unless
Avant que – before
En cas que – as cas que – in case
Bien que – quoique – though
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shirts — 1 – 1– 1 – 1 – 1 – 1 – 6
Linen Pants — 1 –1 — 2
White Cotton Socks — 1 – 1 – 1 – 1 – 1 –1 5 6
Linen Coat — 1
White hdkf – 1 – 1 – 1 – 1 4 2
◊◊◊◊ Waist Vest — 1 – 1
drawers — 1 – 1
Byron Collars — 1 – 1 – 1
standing d—r — 1
Blue Cot. Socks — 1
Chambermaid — $2. 80
Taken treatment
from Dr Curran
3 times
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