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OR, SKETCHES OF

SOUTHERN AND WESTERN LIFE

AND ADVENTURE,

HUMOROUS, SATIRICAL, AND DESCRIPTIVE,

INCLUDING THE

LEGEND OF BLACK CREEK.

BY JOSEPH B. COBB.

AUTHOR OF THE CREOLE" ETC, ETC.

"I was always fond of visiting new scenes, and observing strange characters
and manners. My holiday afternoons (even when a mere boy) were spent in
rambles about the surrounding country. I knew every spot where a murder
had been committed, or a ghost seen This rambling propensity strengthened
with my years."-WASHINGTON IRVING.

"My enthusiasm was always chiefly awakened by the wonderful and the ter-
rible the common taste of children, but in which I have remained a child ever
unto this day."—AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF SIR WALTER SCOTT.

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PHILADELPHIA:

A. HART, LATE CAREY & HART.

Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1851, by
A. HART,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Eastern District of Penn

PHILADELPHIA

T. K. AND P. G. COLLINS, PRINTERS.

DEDICATION.

TO THE

HON. AUGUSTUS B. LONGSTREET,

PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI.

MY DEAR SIR:

It is not unfrequently the case that sinister motives. are attributed to authors who choose to inscribe their works to persons whose fame has passed the ordeal, and whose names are distinguished in the literary world. I may not escape a like suspicion in thus selecting your name (distinguished alike in the professional and religious as well as the literary world) as the means of introducing the following sketches to the public, but I am very sure that such will not be entertained by those who know of the many ties of friendship which have induced me to make such selection. This friendship I have ever claimed as a portion of my inheritance, both in my own and in right of her who presides over my household. It is a claim which, having been handed from father and father-in-law to son, will be recognized by all Georgians, and one which the accomplished au