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city is at the head of Narraganset Bay, -where it 

 receives the Mooshasuck River. It occupies both 

 sides of the river, connected by t^YO bridges, which 

 have been thrown over the river near the head of the 

 tide-waters, which is thirty-five miles from the ocean. 

 On the east side are three principal streets running 

 parallel with the river. On these streets are a num- 

 ber of public buildings, and many elegant private 

 residences. On this side of the river the land rises 

 abruptly, and the cross streets have a steep ascent. 

 On the hill overlooking the city is Brown University, 

 a Baptist Institution, established in 1770. From this 

 place is an extensive view of the surrounding country. 

 On the west side of the river is Westminster street. 

 The finest shops in the city are in this street ; here 

 also is one of the fronts of the Arcade, one of the 

 finest buildings of the kind in America. It is built of 

 hewn granite and fronts two streets, eighty feet wide, 

 presenting colonnades of the Doric style, of six columns 

 each. These columns are twenty-five feet in height, 

 the shafts being twenty-two feet in length. This 

 building is two hundred and twenty-five feet long, 

 eighty feet broad, and seventy-two feet high, diyided 

 into three stories, containing upwards of eighty shops ; 



