Note 26 — Chapter XXI · Scenes in Mobile—The Cotton Swindles.
Reading edition
One of the best private libraries I have ever seen in the South belongs to a wealthy young Kentuckian, who has had a handsome catalogue of it printed. The books are classified for enumeration under subjects. Under the head of “Sports” were set down, first came others on the laws and usages of dueling! I was assured that the classification was intentional, and in accordance with Southern ideas., some works on gunning, fishing, cock-fighting, etc. Among these