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houses in the city of Angustura ; and Robin-red-breast, 

 for his charity, is cherished by the English : 



" No burial these pretty babes 



Of any man receives, 

 Till robin-red-breast painfully 

 Did cover them with leaves." l 



Poor "Wilson was smote by the hand of death, before he 

 had finished his work. Prince Charles Buonaparte, nephew 

 to the late emperor Napoleon, aided by some of the most 

 scientific gentlemen of Pennsylvania, is continuing this 

 valuable and interesting publication. 



New York, with great propriety, may be called the com- 

 mercial capital of the new world : 



" Urbs augusta potens, nulli cessura." 



Ere long, it will be on the coast of North America what 

 Tyre once was on that of Syria. In her port are the ships 

 of all nations ; and in her streets is displayed merchandise 

 from all parts of the known world. And then the approach 

 to it is so enchanting ! The verdant fields, the woody hills, 

 the farms, and country houses, form a beautiful landscape 

 as you sail up to the city of New York. 



Broadway is the principal street. It is three miles and 

 a half long. I am at a loss to know where to look for a 

 street, in any part of the world, which has so many attrac- 

 tions as this. There are no steam-engines to annoy you 

 by filling the atmosphere full of soot and smoke; the 

 houses have a stately appearance ; while the eye is relieved 

 from the perpetual sameness, which is common in most 

 streets, by lofty and luxuriant trees. 



Nothing can surpass the appearance of the American 

 ladies, when they take their morning w T alk, from twelve to 



1 The fault against grammar is lost in the beauty of the idea. 



