So when he was presented to Boyton, he was gaily attired in a buckskin suit, with revolver and bowie knife trimmings, looking rather out of place with the scholarly spectacles that bridged his nose.

He really outdid the most fanciful cowboy of the far western ranches.

Such an outfit he imagined just the thing for a trip among the wild characters on the Upper Mississippi.

The other member of the party was a broad nosed, Herculean negro whom Paul hired to pull the row boat he had purchased for the Doctor's accommodation.
Boyton found that the scenery on the Upper Mississippi was more beautiful than on any river he had yet traversed.

There was not that startling grandeur which characterized the shores of some of the rivers; but it was beautiful--with high buttes and pleasant shores, while the people throughout its entire length are exceedingly hospitable.