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which I did not know - I recognized the oak, the palmetto and magnolia. The appearance of the wood is perhaps sombre, from the prevalence of the pine, but the shade is ? the air delightfully cool - and the smell of the pine very pleasant at least to me. At least - crossed out length we reached the little negro village - built directly among the pine trees, the houses whitewashed, and everything neat and clean. The effect of the white cottages peeping out from under the dense shade of the pines, was very pretty; it - crossed out and when you thought of the hot weather of Summer, the general appearance of the place gave you the idea of delicious Coolup. At the hour we were there all the able bodied men and women were down in the rice fields at work, and only a few old or laim men and women to be seen. The picaninnies however were to be seen in all quarters. And Mr Macauly and I rode about among he houses, he crying out, "Come to catechism". Bow we would catch a glimpse of an urchin peeping from behind a tree - when Macauly would instantly make chase, crying out "Come here you sir, I see you come along to catechism at last he deputised a woman to bring the children together while we rode up to the house. The family "Habershaw" reside in the city and occasionally spend a few days on this place during the winter, but the place is a beautiful spot on a bluff overlooking the river and rice fields. In the lawn about the house were several magnificent live oaks, the noblest tree in existence. It would be well worth a ride of ten miles merely to see one of those trees. I believe that a party of