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Show CHAPTER I STAY IN NEW YORK, PHILADELPIILA, AND BORDENTOWN, FROM 978 70 1671 JUL Mount, vith th New York. Bloomingiale-Hoboken-New Brunswicke Countnton-Bordentown-Piladephia-Fii de Sarvllirs-Excursions in the forests-Retar wates-works -Stay st Bordentown -Park o Phiadephis w Yous is but litle inferior to the capitl cites of Europe, with the exception of Londo and Paris, It has, at present, 220,00 o inhabitants, and its commerce is 50 extensive, animated and active, that, in this respect, it is scarcely surpassed by any. There are so many description of this great city, that to say much on the subject would be merely repettion. Tho frst impre t of the beauty of its situation. In the inTt has one remarkably ) fin , which is the fivourite resor uninterrupted line of hopt but little inferior to those of London and Paris. The city i extremely mnmmn,..nd people of all nations carry on business here, We were assured that th [mpume\ had been diminished, ina few days, by the emigration of 20,000 of the inhabitants, wh had fled o other towns for fear of the cholera, Tt is well known that this lamentable discase ha been very m..v n Canada, and had now penctrated into the Northern States of the Union it wa ing at Albany, on the Hudson at Detroit,and on the great lakes, 5o thatit scemed as if it woul i project of beginning our journey o the interior by that route. This had beenmy plan i i thesecommendadonsof ou vory contryman, M. Asor, would have been of grea Service, as he i thefounder and head of the American Fur Company, which has spread its tradin stations over the whole of the interior of North America. T formed mumerous interesting acquain Several estimable fellow-countrymen, Messrs. Gebhard an an:os,m.nahm ime, in New Y uchart and Mr.Tslin did ther umost {0 affrd s heis counsel and asistane. M. Scmid the 1' sian consul, contributed not a litle to make ourstay in this ity agrecable; and so di Mr. Meier and other of our German friends, M. Schmidt has a country-house at Blooming Diital image© 2004 Marriot Libvary, University of Utah. Al righs reerved |