CHAPTER VI.

Richmond—Way by the Battle-fields—Handiness of American Soldiers—Effect of Slavery on the Virginian Landscape—Appearance of American Forest—Republican Relations of Father and Son—State of Feeling in Virginia—Billiards in America—Why Richmond Millers undersold by Californian—Why American Cities are Large—American Living—Prospects of Richmond—Indications of Southern Climate in Richmond—Church-matters in Richmond—Interest that attaches to Richmond, and to the Heroism of the South 67