CHAPTER III. 



A DEIVE WITH SIB JOHN BENNIE IMMENSE HOTELS THE MISSING 

 TBAVELLEB BBOADWAY BOWDIES AND BOH-HOYS LOW OMNI 

 BUSES SETTLING A YOUTHFUL HISTOEIAN FAST TEOTTEES, BUT 



BAD DEIVINQ FULTON MAEKET HOOPS AND CEINOLINES HIND 



BEFOEE LYNCH LAW FOE LOYEES THE AMEEICAN PEEE MB 

 DUNCAN AND MY PEAIEIE CHEST AUTHOE NO SMOKEE ADVICE 

 GEATIS FAULTS AND VIETUES. 



DESIEOUS of seeing as much as I could of New York, 

 and the life and customs it contained, and anxious to be 

 introduced to all those resident gentlemen to whom I 

 had letters, as well as to make inquiries with regard to 

 my journey, and the outfit needful to the plains, I re 

 mained a week at the Clarendon Hotel. In the way of 

 amusement, and during their short stay, Sir John Ren- 

 nie, Mr Brown, and myself were in the habit of driving 

 out after our unconscionably early dinner to see all that 

 could be seen of roads and buildings, for, after dinner, as 

 I before said, there was an end of business. As far as 

 the city went, excepting its size and bustle, there was 

 very little to be seen, and nothing to marvel at but the 

 monstrous size of the hotels, at one of which there was 



