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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, i 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 



