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has been a large importer of Durham and 

 Hereford cattle, particularly the latter, which 

 he considers better adapted for this country, 

 although on this point I have difficulty in coin- 

 ciding with him. 



Albany, a neat clean town, containing 

 about 30,000 inhabitants, is pleasantly situate 

 on the banks of the Hudson, and commands, on 

 both sides of the river, an extensive view over 

 a fertile country interspersed with thriving 

 towns and villages. 



The hospitality of America, to which I can- 

 not too often allude, was here again experien- 

 ced by me in several of the first families in the 

 place, particularly in those of Mr Rhodes and 

 Mr Corner, the latter of whom had been my 

 fellow-passenger in the Britannia. These 

 gentlemen are both engaged in trade, and no- 

 thing could exceed the comforts of their houses 

 and establishments. 



On Sunday the 16th I attended an Episco- 

 pal place of worship neatly fitted up and 

 commodious as much so as most churches in 

 London ; the service much the same as in the 



