FOURTH JOURNEY. 



CHAPTEE I. 



""N"imc hue, nunc illuc et utrinque sine ordine curro." 



Three years in England. Sail for New York. Nomenclature.- Altera- 

 tion of scenery. A sprained ankle. Magnificent cure. Feats of 

 climbing. Quebec. Irish emigrants. Ticonderago. Saratoga. 

 Philadelphia. White-headed Eagle. Form and fashion. Climate. 

 Forebodings of the civil war. Sail for Antigua. 



COURTEOUS reader, when I bade thee last farewell, I 

 thought these Wanderings were brought to a final close ; 

 afterwards I often roved in imagination through distant 

 countries famous for natural history, but felt no strong 

 inclination to go thither, as the last adventure had ter- 

 minated in such unexpected vexation. The departure of 

 the Cuckoo and Swallow, and summer birds of pas-sage, 

 for warmer regions, once so interesting to me, now scarcely 

 caused me to turn my face to the south ; and I continued 

 in this cold and dreary climate for three years. During 

 this period, I seldom or ever mounted my hobby-horse ; 

 indeed it may be said, with the old song 



" The saddle and bridle were laid on the shelf," 



and only taken down once, on the night that I vas 

 induced to give a lecture in the philosophical hall of 



