| Sidney Edwards Morse - 1822 - 690 páginas
...cultivated." On the east side of the Mississippi, the embankment commences about 60 miles above New-Orleans, and extends down the river for more than 130 miles....shore it commences at Point Coupée. 172 miles above New-Orleans. It is here that the navigator in descending the river emerges from a gloomy wilderness,... | |
| Sidney Edwards Morse - 1822 - 706 páginas
...cultivated." On the east side of the Mississippi, the embankment commences about 60 miles above New-Orleans, and extends down the river for more than 130 miles. On the west shore it commences at Point Coupee. 172 miles above New-Orleans. It i« here that the navigator in descending the river emerges... | |
| Sidney Edwards Morse - 1822 - 706 páginas
...cultivated." On the east side of the Mississippi, the embankment commences about 60 miles above New-Orleans, and extends down the river for more than 130 miles. On the west shore if commences at Point Coupee. 172 miles above New-Orleans. It is here that the navigator in descending... | |
| Henry Charles Carey, J. Lea - 1823 - 526 páginas
...floods. On the east side of the Mississippi, the embankment commences about 60 miles above New Orleans, and extends down the river for more than 130 miles. On the west shore, it commences at Point Coupee, 17- miles above New Orleans. The levee is commonly about five feet high, and twelve feet at... | |
| Jedidiah Morse, Richard Cary Morse - 1823 - 886 páginas
...Levee. On the E. side of the Mississippi, this embankment commences about 60 miles above New-Orleans, and extends down the river for more than 130 miles. On the W. shore, it commences at Point Coupée, 172 miles above New-Orleans. Itishnre that the navigator in... | |
| Henry Charles Carey, J. Lea - 1823 - 532 páginas
...periodical.floods. On the east side of the Mississippi, the embankment commences about 60 miles above New Orleans, and extends down the river for more than 130 miles. On the vest shore, it commences at Point Coupee, 172 miles above New Orleans. The levee is commonly about... | |
| Henry Charles Carey, J. Lea - 1826 - 550 páginas
...floods. On the east side of the Mississippi, the embankment commences about 60 miles above New Orleans, and extends down the river for more than 130 miles. On the west shore, it commences at Point Coupee, 172 miles above New Orleans. The levee is commonly about five feet high, and tw«lve feet at... | |
| 1844 - 608 páginas
...Orleans, ani extends down the river more than 120 miles. On the west shore, it commences at Point Coupee, 172 miles above New Orleans. Along this portion of...a continued succession of pleasant residences. The country between the Mississippi, Ibberville, and Pearl rivers, in its southern parts, is generally... | |
| 1844 - 600 páginas
...Orleans, and extends down the river more than 120 miles. On the west shore, it commences at Point Coupee, 172 miles above New Orleans. Along this portion of...a continued succession of pleasant residences. The country between the Mississippi, Ibberville, and Pearl rivers, in its southern parts, is generally... | |
| Freeman Hunt - 1844 - 600 páginas
...down the river more than 120 miles. On the west shore, it commences at Point Coupee, 172 miles ahove New Orleans. Along this portion of the river, its sides present many heautiful and finely cultivated plantations, and a continued succession of pleasant residences. The... | |
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