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cumstances. I was well received in New York by all my 

 acquaintances, and Dr. Paxallis took me to the Collector 

 of the Customs, who, on reading President Jackson's let- 

 ters to me, gave free admission to my books and luggage. 

 My work was exhibited here, and a report made on it to 

 the New York Lyceum ; and I made the acquaintance of 

 Mr. William Cooper, the friend of Charles Bonaparte, a 

 fine, kind person. 



" May 14. I left New York for Philadelphia, in com- 

 pany with Mr. Thomas Wharton, an excellent, but not 

 remarkably intellectual man, and took board with Mrs. 

 Bradley, in Arch Street. There I spent three days, and 

 then removed to Camden, New Jersey, where I spent 

 three weeks in observing the habits of the migratory 

 warblers and other birds which arrive in vast numbers in 

 the spring. From there I returned to Philadelphia to 

 visit the sea-shores of New Jersey." 



Here follows his elaborate account of that visit. 



" Great Egg Harbor. 



" Having made all the necessary preparations to 

 visit the sea-shores of New Jersey, for the purpose of 

 making myself acquainted with their feathered inhabi- 

 tants, I left early in June. The weather was pleasant, 

 and the country seemed to smile in the prospect of bright 

 days and gentle gales. Fishermen-gunners passed daily 

 between Philadelphia and the various small seaports, 

 with Jersey waggons laden with fish, fowls, and other pro- 

 vision, or with such articles as Vv-ere required by the fami- 

 lies of those hardy boatmen ; and I bargained with one 

 of them to take myself and my baggage to Great Egg 

 Harbor. One afternoon, about sunset, the vehicle halt- 

 ed at my lodgings, and the conductor intimated that he 

 was anxious to proceed as quickly as possible. A trunk, 

 a couple of guns, and such other articles as are found 



