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The boat is now repacked , and while Annie and Reeney are washing cups I have scribbled , wishing much that mine were the hand of an artist . _ Friday morning , July 18 , 1862 . -LRB- House of Col. K. , on Yazoo River . -RRB- _ -- After leaving the raft yesterday all went well till noon , when we came to a narrow place where an immense tree lay clear across the stream . It seemed the insurmountable obstacle at last . We sat despairing what to do , when a man appeared beside us in a pirogue . So sudden , so silent was his arrival that we were thrilled with surprise .