Life on the Mississippi, Part 2.

LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI, Part 2., By Mark Twain
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LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI, Part 2.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER VI. Besieging the Pilot.—Taken along.—Spoiling a Nap.—Fishing for a Plantation.—"Points" on the River.—A Gorgeous Pilot-house. CHAPTER VII. River Inspectors.—Cottonwoods and Plum Point.—Hat-Island Crossing. —Touch and Go.—It is a Go.—A Lightning Pilot CHAPTER VIII. A Heavy-loaded Big Gun.—Sharp Sights in Darkness.—Abandoned to his Fate.—Scraping the Banks.—Learn him or Kill him. CHAPTER IX. Shake the Reef.—Reason Dethroned.—The Face of the Water. —A Bewitching Scene.-Romance and Beauty. CHAPTER X. Putting on Airs.—Taken down a bit.—Learn it as it is.—The River Rising.
Chapter 6
A Cub-pilot's Experience
WHAT with lying on the rocks four days at Louisville, and some other delays, the poor old 'Paul Jones' ...