Some are from Keokuk, Ia., and I think I like these the best.

One young lady goes ashore to spend some time on a plantation, as a governess.

She looks feeble, and we all pity her.
"To-day we pass among plantations on both sides of the river.

We begin to see the live-oak--a noble tree.

The foliage is so thick and dark that I have learned to know it by its color.