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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 



