JOURNEY TO PHILADELPHIA. 17 



CHAPTER IV. 



Jovjrney from New York to Philadelphia Steam-boat Raihvay 

 Coach Militia Muster American and British Soldiers 

 Characters of Travellers Mansion-house Hotel Funeral 

 Excursion to Holmsburg Hotel-keepers in America and Ireland 

 Mr W * *Sir John Sinclair of America Fair Mount 

 Naval Yard Philadelphia Return to Neiv York Face of the 

 Country Agricultural Details. 



WE left New York in a steam-boat, a little after six o clock 

 in the morning, and reached South Amboy, on Rariton bay, 

 a distance of twenty- eight miles, at half-past eight. From 

 Amboy we travelled on a railway to Bordentown, distant 

 thirty-four miles, in carriages drawn by two horses, which 

 were changed three times in four hours, and thence down the 

 Delaware river, by steam, to Philadelphia, where we arrived 

 at three o clock. 



The passengers breakfasted and dined on board the steam 

 boat, paying half a dollar (2s. l^d.) for each meal ; no differ 

 ence in charge or accommodation being made, and smoking 

 in the cabin or after-part of the vessel was prohibited. There 

 is a bar on board, at which liquors, segars, maps, &c. &c., 

 may be obtained. American steam-boats have been compared 

 to flourishing hotels, a term not sufficiently comprehensive, as 

 they contain barbers, commodities of different kinds for sale, 

 and often horses and carriages. They are floating cities. 



Soon after leaving New York, the passengers were warned 

 by bell to purchase breakfast tickets, and some time afterwards 

 to identify their luggage, when all belonging to those proceed 

 ing to Philadelphia was placed in a large crate, which was lifted 

 from the steamer to a carriage, and again to a steamer, by means 

 of cranes, without its contents being moved. The railway 

 carriages rest on four wheels are divided into three compart- 



