New York. 223 



LATE this evening we arrived at New 

 Brunfwick *. 



'June the 3d. At noon we went on 

 board a yacht bound for New York, and 

 failed down the river, which had at firft 

 pretty high and fteep banks, of red fand- 

 ftone, on each fide, which I have men- 

 tioned before. Now and then, there was a 

 farm-houfe on the high fhore. As we came 

 lower down, we faw on both fides great 

 fields and meadows, clofe up to the water. 

 We could not fail at random with the yacht; 

 for the river was often lhallow in fome 

 places, and fometimes in the very middle. 

 For that purpofe, the courfe which we 

 were to take was marked out by branches 

 with leaves on them. At laft we got into 

 the fea, which bounded our profpeft on the 

 fouth -, but on the other fide, we were con- 

 tinually in fight of land at fome diftance* 

 On coming to the mouth of the river, we 

 had a choice of two roads to New York ; 

 viz. either within the Staten I/land, or with- 

 out it. The inhabitants are determined in 

 their choice by the weather ; for when it 

 is is ftormy and cloudy, or dark, they do 

 not venture to fail without, where the fea 

 itfelf communicates. We took that courfe 



now, 



* See an account of that place in Vol. L p. 228. 

 f See Vol. I. p. 230. 



