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The negro quarters are all good. The most of them being white-washed which make them looking very pretty in under the live oak trees. The "English Bend" forms almost a Peninsula of this land. There is a very fine plantation here, The English had their Encampment here during their fight with us. Passed an very large plantation completely submerged the Levee having broken away - most of the houses being deserted. Here I saw the first rice growing. It is a beautiful bright green. The land is quite low on both banks & were it