1．The River and Its History 1
2．The River and Its Explorers 5
3．Frescoes from the Past 10
4．The Boy＇s Ambition 21
5．I Want to be a Cub-Pilot 24
6．A Cub-Pilot＇s Experience 28
7．A Daring Deed 34
8．Perplexing Lessons 39
9．Continued Perplexities 44
10．Completing My Education 49
11．The River Rises 54
12．Sounding 59
13．A Pilot＇s Needs 64
14．Rank and Dignity of Piloting 70
15．The Pilots＇ Monopoly 75
16．Racing Days 85
17．Cut-Offs and Stephen 91
18．I Take a Few Extra Lessons 97
19．Brown and I Exchange Compliments 101
20．A Catastrophe 105
21．A Section in My Biography 109
22．I Return to My Muttons 110
23．Traveling Incognito 116
24．My Incognito is Exploded 118
25．From Cairo to Hickman 123
26．Under Fire 127
27．Some Importer Articles 132
28．Uncle Mumford Unloads 136
29．A Few Specimen Bricks 143
30．Sketches by the Way 149
31．A Thumb-Print and What Came of It 155
32．The Disposal of a Bonanza 166
33．Refreshments and Ethics 170
34．Tough Yarns 173
35．Vicksburg during the Trouble 175
36．The Professor＇s Yarn 180
37．The End of the＂Gold Dust＂ 185
38．The House Beautiful 186
39．Manufactures and Miscreants 190
40．Castles and Culture 194
41．The Metropolis of the South 198
42．Hygiene and Sentiment 201
43．The Art of Inhumation 204
44．City Sights 207
45．Southern Sports 212
46．Enchantments and Enchanters 218
47．＂Uncle Remus＂and Mr．Cable 221
48．Sugar and Postage 222
49．Episodes in Pilot Life 227
50．The＂Original Jacobs＂ 231
51．Reminiscences 235
52．A Burning Brand 240
53．My Boyhood Home 248
54．Past and Present 252
55．A Vendetta and Other Things 258
56．A Question of Law 262
57．An Archangel 266
58．On the Upper River 271
59．Legends and Scenery 275
60．Speculations and Conclusions 280
Appendix 289