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When their work is done they leave. these in the offices, or 

 workshops, wash themselves, and put on their frock coats and 

 hats. I do not mean to say that there are no exceptions, but 

 then they are new arrivals, passengers, or vagabonds. Of 

 these last, many are to be seen in New York as anywhere 

 else ; but it is due chiefly to their idleness, and I advise all 

 travellers to let them alone. It is not prudent to make any 

 acquaintances in the street. 



The aspect of the City on week-days is that of febrile 

 activity, resembling somewhat that of the City of London. 

 Everyone seems to be very busy, and running more than 

 walking. Even in Broadway, the traffic is so dense, that the 

 loungers cannot stroll about at will. Now w 7 ith the men or 



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women offering their ware for sale, the cries of the news 

 paper boys, the clerks hurrying on their errands, and not 

 caring whom they jostle, it seems as if you were in a City 

 inhabited by madmen, and if you do not keep your eyes wide 

 open, a knock-down, or the loss of some objects of value will 

 be probably your fate. 



