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LETTER I 



Voyage from Konigsberg to Berlin in 1851. — Berlin: Its custom- 

 house, Principal Thoroughfares and Passing Impressions 15 



LETTER II 



(Dated Hamburg, 1851). — The Author's Early Activity. — March Rev- 

 olution Described by Prince Frederic William, later Emperor of 

 Germany. — Berlin: More Impressions. — Visit to the Captain of the 

 March Revolution in 1848. — Friedrichshain, the Resting-place of 

 Fallen Revolutionists. — Voyage from Berlin to Hamburg. — Ham- 

 burg and the Hamburg People. — The Harbor. — The Exchange. — 

 Suburb St. Tauli. — Stintfang. — Churches. — General Architecture. — 

 City Walls. — The Alster and the Jungfernstieg. — Extract from an 

 Interesting San Francisco Letter 29 



LETTER III 



The "Victoria." — Shipping of Emigrants. — Embarking of German 

 Soldiers for Brazil. — The "Hamburger Berg." — Altona. — The 

 Celebrated Graves at Ottensen. — Rainville. — Places of Amusement. 

 — Blankenese, the Gate-keeper of the Elbe. — Tenement Fires. — 

 Primitive Fire Department. — The Conflagration of 1842 and the 

 Hero of St. Nicolas. — Annual Floods. — Sewer System.' — A Ham- 

 burg Funeral Procession. — Humorous Criticism. — The "Citizens' 

 Guard" of Precious Memory. — •Hamburg Legends. — The Visit of 

 the Wandering Jew in 1547. — Cosmopolitan Life. — Gomez de 

 Mier. — The "Glass Arcades." 50 



LETTER IV 



On Board of Bark "Victoria," off Hamburg. — First Impressions of new 

 Surroundings. — Slow Progress. — Pentecost. — Life on Board 73 



LETTER V 



The Ocean Voyage. — First Effects upon Steerage Passengers. — Bill 

 of Fare. — The British Coast. — The Channel. — Bay of Biscaya. — 

 Gibraltar. — Madeira. — Flying Fish. — Whales — Northern Tropic 

 Circle. — Between Two Heavens. — The Calm. — Thunderstorm on 



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