CHAPTER IL 



NEW YORK TO BUFFALO. 



Good advice to emigrants Examination of the baggage New York 



Schw z's board ing-house and its deficiencies Aspect of the 

 city Abundance of fruit An Irishman's funeral Fire Re- 

 ports from Illinois The German reformed church Extraordi- 

 nary scene Soldiers The Scotch and their national costume 

 Negroes My tobacco speculation Unsuccessful shooting excur- 

 sion Departure for Albany Utica An American breakfast 

 The canal-boat and its arrangement Collision; Crowded state 

 of the boat, and consequent discomfort Lockport Niagara 

 Hamilton Visit to a countryman Excursion into the woods 



Mooting with an Indian Bear hunt Bivouac in the woods 



Mai/.e Buffalo The ' William Tell' Village politicians. 



ALTHOUGH this blockhouse was culled the Quarantine 

 building, th-' quarantine was not very strict; several 

 of us got a boat to take us on shore, and for the first 

 time we stepped on the soil of a new world for us a 

 truly beautiful and noble world, but still a new, and 

 therefore a strange one. Singular feelings came over 

 me as I wandered under strange trees, among the pale 

 Americans, and sought some quiet spot where I could 

 indulge my thoughts; they were mournful, though at 

 the same time full of hope and confidence. It was late 

 when I returned to my companions, whom I found 

 assembled round some bread and cheese 1 and beer, and 

 well satisfii-d with their reception in their new country. 

 While sitting enjoying God's good gifts, which we had 



