Lily and the Totem, or, The Hugenots in Florida, A Series of Sketches, picturesque and Historical, of the Colonies of Coligni, in North America. 1562-1570. By the author of "The Yemassee"

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TIIE LILY AND THE T OTE!I. I. THE FIRST VOYAGE OF RIDAULT. htro.t .. otlu-Th• lhKueuot.-Tbolr Cudltloo Ia F""'•••-FJnl E~J>141tioll for tbo Now World, auder the nopleu of tba .Adll'llra\ Colla;uy, CnduetM b7 lob11 Rlbaul~ Corn,. £o&abliobtd Ia Florid.., ud eoalded to tha oUrc• o!Copt-.la .&!bert, Tn£ Huguenots, in plain terms, were the Protestants of France. They were a sect wl1ich rose very soon after the preaching of the Reformation had passed from Germany into the neighbor ing countries. In E'rancc, they first excited the appre­hensions and provoked the hostility of the Roman Catholic priesthood, during tho reign of Francis the First. This prince, unstable !l.9 water, :md governed rather by his humors and caprices tllan by any fixed principles of conduct- wanting, perhaps, equally in head and heart--showed himself, in tho outset of his career, rather friendly to tho reformers. But they were soon destined to suffer, with more decided fa\'orit<!s, from tho caprices of his despotism. He subsequently became one of their most cruel persecutors. The Huguenots were not originally known by thi,. name. It docs not appear to have been one of their own choosing. H was tlJC name wllich distinguished them in the day11 of their pcrsccutiou. Though fr1}(1Ucutly tho subject of con- I