WILD SPORTS 



ADVENTURES IN THE FAR WEST. 



CHAPTER I. 



FROM BREMEN TO NEW YORK. 



A Bremen lighter, and its capacity for holding passengers An 

 unexpected meeting Scene on bourd the lighter The captain 

 First night on board A parting dance on shore Our new 

 passengers and their mishaps The " Constitution " Steerage 

 arrangements Sleeping berths Scenes between decks De- 

 parture Sea-sickness Our Jewish passengers The French 

 and English Coasts The Atlantic Jelly-fish imd "Portuguese 

 men-of-war" Small-pox on board Dancing Phosphorescence 

 of the sea Fricandeau-dnys Stormy weather Meeting of 

 ships at sea The 4th of July and its festivities The shark and 

 pilot-fish Projects to pass the time "Land ho!" Arrival, 

 harbor, quarantine, and examination of luggage We take leave 

 of the " Constitution." 



' Dors the boat start at nine exactly?" " Yes, do not be 

 later." Such was the notice I received a.s I spoke with 

 the master of the lighter, which in the spring of 1S-37 

 was to take me with bag and baggage on board the 

 ''Constitution," bound to New York, theft lying in 

 Bremen Koads, about forty miles from the town, and 

 only waiting for the two lighters, which were to take oit 

 board the steerage passengers with their ellccts. 



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