[Garry ] DIARY OF NICHOLAS GARRY 83 
Woman. We had Pears from South Carolina, Water Melon and Pine, 
the latter tasteless. 
Wednesday the 23rd | May]. On this Day we propose leaving New 
York, which I shall do with some Regret, having passed my Time very 
agreeably. The Dinners at the Table d’Hôte have been very pleasant, 
Mr. Jones, Mr. Bull, Mr. Lewis, American Gentlemen, several Foreign- 
ers from all Countries. They have a sort of Order amongst themselves 
called the Colusuant so named from a very little man who is the 
Chairman; it gave Rise to much Laughter. Each Member was called 
by the Name of the Town from whence he came or represented. The 
Inhabitants of the Town of N. York by the last Census are 123,000, it 
has now 1,400,000, a wonderful encrease. The City of New York is 
situated on an Island called Manhattan formed by the Hudson or North 
River, by the East River and a Creek connecting both. The Hudson 
rises in a Mountain Country between Lakes Ontario and Champlain. 
Taking a S.E. Course it runs near Lake George, then flows by Lansen- 
burg, Albany and Hudson and ‘enters the Atlantic at New York, a 
course of 250 miles. The East River is the Long Island Sound dividing 
Long Island from Connecticut. The Hudson separates N. York from 
New Jersey. 
Provisions here are plentiful and good; best Beef is 6d; Mutton, 
5d; Veal, 4d; Fowls, 2—4s 2d. Fish is excellent—Black fish, Grooper 
from the Gulf of Mexico—Basse, Mackarel, Lobsters, Oysters; it is said 
there are 70 sorts. New York is irregularly built but has a pleasing 
Appearance. The Broad Way is a very fine Street two miles in Length 
intersected with Streets. The Steeples are numerous but are built of 
Wood. It is to be regretted the church yards are in Town, as from the 
Unhealthiness of the Place this might breed Infection. The Streets 
are very dirty and the number of Pigs running about the Streets, 
appearing to be the only Scavengers, have a dirty Look. 
Wednesday the 23rd [May]. Dined at the Mechanic Hall with 
* Mr. McGillivray and Mr. Cary—took leave of the Gentlemen forming 
the Order of the Colusuans [sic] and left them and New York with 
regret. At 4 o’clock we went on Board the “Chancellor Livingstone ” 
Steam Boat—took leave of Mr. McCormick, Mr. Kennedy, &e. My 
Sensation on finding myself on Board the Steam Boat, thus commencing 
our Journey on the Waters was of a singular Nature. The Feeling was 
neither pleasurable or its contrary but a mixture of both—a mixture of 
Hope and Doubt. But a few months before Mr. McGillivray, with 
whom I am to travel so many thousand Miles, with whom I have to 

1 Very indistinct ; possibly Coliseum. 
