... the bluffs; the drainage is, therefore, necessarily towards the hills, and is the source of the intricate network of bayous for which the basin is remarkable. The Coldwater, the Tallahatchie, the Yazoo , the Washita, the Red, and Atchafalaya rivers, besides numerous other and smaller streams, are accordingly nothing more than huge side drains. During freshets, the water that breaks over the Missi...