FLORIAN - The Most Traveled Man on Earth

<strong>The</strong>y tell me that the country of Atacapas and Opalousas is even prettier, and has the
advantage of being completely peopled by Frenchmen. What enchants me here is that far
from not daring to call oneself French, as in that abomination England, [here] it is
considered a distinction and a recommendation.
At the present time we are having weather like that of May or June in England.
Everything breathes pleasure and it would just be up to me to participate in it, if I had a
taste for dancing and the theater. But I perceive that this has passed me by precipitately.
I have sold my large rifle, similar to the one which I left to Joseph, for $140, and if I had
wanted, perhaps could have gotten $150. It cost me 17 shillings, 8 pence, which left me
$78. That is a nice profit. It is an article on which one may speculate without fear and
they will sell objects for which I gave a note at 80 to 100 percent profit above the
purchase price, which, deducting freight costs, would leave anyway a net profit of 50 to
60 percent. Thus I invite you to have made the assortment such as I have told Mr.
<strong>The</strong>ophilus Richards at Birmingham. It was he who made the four rifles which I had
before my departure, of which Joseph has one. Observe to him that he must be sure the
touch-holes be pure gold or platina, for those of my gun appear too soft for pure platina
and I fear that there is some alloy.
Emmanuel has been suffering from Rheumatism for several days. This may prevent my
leaving as soon as I had hoped for my tour. Goodbye my dear friends. I await news from
you with an impatience which I cannot express. A thousand million kisses to all the dear
little ones and their dear mother. Alas that this is not worth anything, but you will
understand.
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