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to this, but these were men almost invariably in some uni 

 form or livery, as railroad hands, servants, and soldiers. 



The next morning, in the court-yard of the Exchange (the 

 regular Change assemblage seemed to meet out of doors), 

 we saw a large collection of the merchants. There was noth 

 ing to distinguish them from a company of a similar kind 

 with us, beyond a general Englishness of features and an en 

 tire absence of all oddities with astonishing beards and sin 

 gularities of costume. One young man only wore small 

 clothes and leggins, which would perhaps have disagreeably 

 subjected him to be noticed with us. They were stouter than 

 our merchants, and more chubby-faced, yet not looking in 

 vigorous health. They were, on the whole, judging by a 

 glance at their outsides, to be more respected than any lot 

 of men of the same number that I ever saw together in Wall 

 street. Many of them, and most of the well-dressed men 

 that we have seen in the streets, have had a green leaf and 

 simple posy in a button-hole of their coats. 



The shopkeepers of the better class, or retail merchants, 

 are exactly the same men, to all appearance, that stand be 

 hind the counters with us. Merchant, means only a whole 

 sale dealer in England ; retailers are shopkeepers. The word 

 store is never applied to a building; but the building in 

 which goods are stored is a warehouse. 



Women are more employed in trade than with us ; I have 

 no doubt with every way great advantage. The women in 

 the streets are more noticeably different from ours than the 

 men. In general, they are very cheaply and coarsely clad. 

 Many of the lower class have their outer garments ordinarily 

 drawn up behind, in the scrubbing-floor fashion. Caps are 

 universally worn, and being generally nice and white, they 

 have a pleasant effect upon the face. The very poorest wom 

 en look very miserably. We see bruised eyes not unfre- 



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