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           "Thegrasswitherethandtheflowerfadeth"beforethedesolatingwindsofautumninthechillnorthernlatitudes, butperpetualverdureoverspreadsthehotlowlands,andflowersbloomintheheartofwinter,intheregionofBayouBœuf. 

           Therearenomeadowsappropriatedtothecultivationofthegrasses. Theleavesofthecornsupplyasufficiencyoffoodforthelaboringcattle,whiletherestprovideforthemselvesalltheyearintheever-growingpasture. 

           Therearemanyotherpeculiaritiesofclimate,habit,custom,andofthemanneroflivingandlaboringattheSouth,buttheforegoing,itissupposed,willgivethereaderaninsightandgeneralideaoflifeonacottonplantationinLouisiana. Themodeofcultivatingcane,andtheprocessofsugarmanufacturing,willbementionedinanotherplace.