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gentlemen's carriages to be seen. But agri- 

 cultural matters being the more immediate ob- 

 jects of my attention, I abstain from at- 

 tempting any particular description of New 

 York, which, indeed, is too well known to 

 render such an endeavour on my part ne- 

 cessary. 



In the afternoon I drove out with my friend 

 Mr George Barclay to Haarlem, distant from 

 New York nine miles, the intervening space 

 being, however, one continued street. I was 

 much amused with the number of gigs and 

 buggies on the road, all with fast trotters in 

 strong competition, and some of them going a 

 tremendous pace. They are driven with a 

 straight iron bit, on which the horse lays all 

 his weight, the charioteer holding a rein in 

 each hand with an immense strain on his arms, 

 totally opposed to our system, and, I should 

 think, to comfort. 



On the llth of May I crossed over to Long 

 Island where I walked several hours. This 

 island is 160 miles long and 18 broad. It is 

 the garden of New York, rich in soil, highly 



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