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CHAPTER IY. 



THE COUNTRY, AND HOW TO GET THERE. 



YEEY large portion of every man s life is ex 

 pended in transporting himself from one place 

 to another, and there are several modes of doing it. 

 The most disagreeable and disgusting is to crowd 

 into a city railroad car, and the next is to ride in 

 an omnibus ; the dyspeptic rich use carriages, the 

 healthy poor do not; you can go on horseback if 

 you know how to stay there and your horse is agree 

 able ; in cold weather skating is rapid, in warm 

 weather steam-boats carry you luxuriantly ; and, if 

 time is an object, and life is none, you trust yourself 

 to the locomotive. To reach Flushing, you must use 

 both steam-boat and railroad. 



&quot; There is one thing,&quot; said Weeville, in the com 

 mencement of our enterprise, with his usual enthusi 

 astic manner, &quot; that you will appreciate the access 

 to Flushing is most convenient ; there are twelve 

 trains each way daily, and they run with perfect 



