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CHAPTER XIV. 



Return to New York through East Jersey Anniversary 

 of American Independence Exemplary behaviour of 

 the assemblage Jubilee suddenly terminated by a 

 terrific thunderstorm Visit to Glover Farm New 

 Jersey Departure from New York Arrival at Bos- 

 ton Dinner on board Britannia Steamer, and pre- 

 sentation of plate to Captain Cleland Concluding 

 observations on the United States Departure from 

 Boston Return to Liverpool Unprecedented rapi- 

 dity of the voyage. 



July 1841. 



IN travelling by railway from Philadel- 

 phia to New York, I passed through East 

 Jersey, a light and sandy soil, but well culti- 

 vated according to the usual American system. 

 At twelve at night I reached New York, and 

 put up at an excellent house, the Globe, in 

 Broadway. 



While in New York, on this occasion, I had 



