140 LARGE HOTELS. 



Boston, are proof enough to a stranger of the vast con- 

 sumption of this fish which must there take place. 



In the bay of Newhaven there are certain public layers 

 or beds, which are open to every comer at certain pre- 

 scribed seasons of the year ; but there are also numerous 

 private layers, which are the property of individuals, 

 whose rights are strictly preserved by law. They form, 

 in fact, their stock in trade. 



10th Sept. — After spending four days at Newhaven, 

 I started this morning early for Syracuse, in Western 

 New York, in company with Professor Norton. The 

 annual fair or show of the New York State Agricul- 

 tural Society was to be held at that place in a few 

 days, and I had, at the request of the Council of the 

 Society, agreed to deliver the Annual address. For the 

 first eighteen miles we skirted Long Island Sound, on 

 the New York line. At Bridgeport we took the Housa- 

 tonic line, which runs inland along the river of the same 

 name for ninety-seven miles, when we joined the western 

 line, which carried us to Albany, a further distance of 

 thirty-eight miles. The train was heavy, the number of 

 passengers large, and the delay caused by the luggage 

 considerable ; so that we did not arrive at our hotel in 

 Albany till about eight o'clock in the evening. In this 

 city there are several good hotels. We went to Dela- 

 van's, which, like several of the others, is a temperance 

 house, and is particularly convenient for railway travel- 

 lers. About a hundred and fifty of our fellow-passengers 

 by the railway came to the same house, and were all 

 accommodated. About an hour after our arrival, tea 

 was announced, and we all sat down together in the 

 dining-hall. On the following morning, all who were 

 going west were called an hour and a quarter before the 

 train started ; in half-an-hour after this, breakfast was 

 on the table ; in another quarter, carts were at the door 

 for the luggage ; and at six A. M. we were again steam- 



