...New-Orleans, we passed, just on the confines of the country, the residence of the Presbyterian clergyman, arid one of the most charming retreats I have yet seen...grazing around i 2 the piazzas, over which were strewed saddles, whips, horse blankets, and the motley paraphernalia with which planters love to lumber their...

...in the evening after supper." JH Ingraham, in describing a ride out from Natchez, about 1825, wrote: "A huge colonnaded structure, crowning an abrupt eminence...edifice were neglected ; horses were grazing around the piazzas, over which were strewed saddles, whips, horseblankets, and the motley paraphernalia with...

...special note of Natchez. Joseph Holt Ingraham recorded in that city "a huge colonnaded structure [which] struck our eyes with an imposing effect. It was the...abode of one of the wealthiest planters of this state. . . . The grounds about this edifice were neglected, horses were grazing around the piazzas, over which...