NATCHEZ &045; They didn’t have indoor toilets, much less Xbox and Barbie’s dream house, but the smallest antebellum residents still knew how to have a good time.

And it’s what they left behind that provides a spark of interest in the eyes of children tourists today.

For the most part, it’s a very adult experience &045; touring homes, hearing the history of antebellum portraits and standing for extended periods of time behind braided ropes &045; but the tiny lace-laden dresses, the extravagant dollhouses and the worn wooden toys cater to a different age-group altogether.

Rachel Gaye, 9, stood on her tip-toes and craned her neck around a centuries-old bed to see the porcelain doll a Lansdowne tour guide was talking about. Outside, Gaye was the first one on the porch of the child-sized dollhouse.

&uot;I’d kind of like to have the dollhouse,&uot; Gaye said after the tour.

The 9-year-old, from Lake Forrest, Ill., and a teenage friend were the only child tourists in sight at Lansdowne Monday afternoon.

&uot;It was cool,&uot; Gaye said. &uot;There was a lot of stuff I never knew. The house is different, the style.&uot;

Gaye, who admitted she didn’t really understand everything the tour guides were talking about, noticed the details in the house, asking a question about a cracked wall in the dining room.

Last week at the Elms, Eli Holmes of Philadelphia, Penn., said he’d be playing Xbox or watching TV at home, but that he enjoyed the tour.

&uot;Some parts are interesting,&uot; the 8-year-old said. &uot;The kids room and the fly catcher. I think it was pretty interesting.&uot;

Holmes, his 6-year-old sister and parents were on a day trip from a relative’s Utica home.

&uot;I think they are the perfect age,&uot; mom and Mississippi native Melanie Holmes said. &uot;It’s educational for them and it’s very important for me to have them see this history and have a personal look inside. It’s great for kids.&uot;

Sisters Leslie, 10, and Michelle DuBose, 12, of Ocean Springs split their time in Natchez between house tours and the Grand Village of the Natchez Indians.

&uot;I like all the furniture,&uot; Leslie said. &uot;How old it is. It’s amazing that it’s still here.&uot;

Joseph and Sarah Powell, 14 and 9, toured the town by horse carriage Monday, and said they liked what they saw.

&uot;I learned stuff I didn’t know,&uot; Joseph said. &uot;Like when the courthouse was built.&uot;

Sarah said she liked seeing the mansions from the carriage and seeing other things for the first time.

The family was visiting from Crystal Springs.