436
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER.
coverts,.descending along the neck, and terminating acutely, black. Under
eyelid white. Wing-coverts dusky, tipped with white. Quills
blackish, externally margined with light greyish-green. Tail-feathers
black, the middle ones edged with greenish-blue, the outer white along
the outer margin, and with the next two having a white patch on the
inner web towards the end. Throat and fore-neck bright yellow, as is a
spot before the eye. The rest of the under parts white, the sides mottled
with dusky.
Length 5\ inches, extent of wings 8£; bill along the ridge nearly \,
along the gap -2^ ; tarsus middle toe §.
The female is similar to the male, but has the colours somewhat duller.
THE CHINQUAPIN.
CASTANEA PUMILA, Willd. Sp. PI. vol. iv. p. 4 6 1 . Pursh, Flor. Amer. vol. ii. p. 625.
Mich. Arbr. Forest, de l'Amer. Sept. vol. ii. p. 166. PL 7—MON<ECIA POLYAXDHIA,
Linn. AMENTACE^E, Jttss.
This species of Chestnut is characterized by its oblong, acute, sharply
serrated leaves, which are whitish and downy beneath. The fruit is
very agreeable, and is a favourite food of Squirrels, and birds of different
species, such as Pigeons, Jays, Turkevs, and Woodpeckers.
L O U I S V I L L E IN KENTUCKY.
LOUISVILLE in Kentucky has always been a favourite place of mine.
The beauty of its situation, on the banks of La Belle Riviere, just at the
commencement of the famed rapids, commonly called the Falls of the
Ohio, had attracted my notice, and when I removed to it, immediately
after my marriage, I found it more agreeable than ever. The prospect
from the town is such that it would please even the eye of a Swiss. It
extends along the river for seven or eight miles, and is bounded on the
opposite side by a fine range of low mountains, known by the name of
the Silver Hills. The rumbling sound of the waters, as they tumble over
the rock-paved bed of the rapids, is at all times soothing to the ear. Fish
and game are abundant. But, above all, the generous hospitality of the
inhabitants, and the urbanity of their manners, had induced me to fix
upon it as a place of residence; and I did so with the more pleasure when
I found that my wife was as much gratified as myself, by the kind attentions
which were shewn to us, utter strangers as we were, on our arrival.
No sooner had we landed, and made known our intention of remaining,
than we were introduced to the principal inhabitants of the place
and its vicinity, although we had not brought a single letter of introduction,
and could not but see, from their unremitting kindness, that the
Virginian spirit of hospitality displayed itself in all the words and actions
of our newly-formed friends. I wish here to name those persons who so
unexpectedly came forward to render our stay among them agreeable,
but feel at a loss with whom to begin, so equally deserving are they of
our gratitude. The CROGHANS, the CLAUKS (our great traveller included),
the BERTHOUDS, the GALTS, the MAUPINS, the TARASCOXS,
the BEALS, and the BOOTHS, form but a small portion of the long list
which I could give. The matrons acted like mothers towards my wife,
the daughters proved agreeable associates, and the husbands and sons
were friends and companions to me. If I absented myself on business or
otherwise, for any length of time, my wife was removed to the hospitable
abode of some friend in the neighbourhood until my return, and then,
kind reader, I was several times obliged to spend a week or more with