They arrived safely at Cairo, forty-one hours from St.Louis.The Doctor poorer in clothes and the darkey much richer in wardrobe, parted with each other and Paul at this point.
At Cairo, Boyton met a friend who was going up the Mississippi to St.
Paul on his own private steamer, a handsome little boat fitted up with every luxury.

He invited Paul to accompany him and knowing no more congenial way to rest, he consented.

They made the trip by easy stages stopping at places where good hunting promised and thoroughly enjoyed themselves.

The little steamer was full of pets they picked up at various points; coons, foxes, opossum, crows and squirrels.
Above Burlington they ran across somewhat of a snag in the shape of a pilot's union.

They were compelled to hire a pilot to see them up the river, (though they were perfectly able to handle the boat themselves), or be compelled to pay a fine of fifty dollars.