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was, of course, the lion of the evening. I contri- 

 buted a few comic songs which were favourably 

 received, notably Corney Grain's '' He did and 

 he didn't know why " — always a sure hit — and 

 ** Jarge's Jubilee," also one of his. The next day 

 we took a pilot on board — Boat No. 4. 



On Monday, November 7, we passed the Statue 

 of Liberty and reached New York. The statue is 

 a remarkable erection, representing " Liberty en- 

 lightening the World," and stands on Bedloe's 

 Island, about two miles from the Battery. It is a 

 draped figure of a female, made of repousse copper by 

 Bartholdi, and is over 150 feet in height. The god- 

 dess is crowned by a diadem, holding a tablet close 

 to the body in the left hand and a torch in the up- 

 lifted right hand, which at night is lighted by elec- 

 tricity. Her forefinger alone is 7 feet long and over 

 4 feet in circumference, and her nose is a yard 

 long. The statue weighs 25 tons, and cost over a 

 million francs, raised by public subscription in 

 France. It stands on a granite pedestal 155 feet 

 high. It took Bartholdi four years to construct, 

 and was erected the year before we went out. The 

 pedestal cost about 3^50,000, subscribed in America. 

 It was unveiled by the President in October 1886. 



The number of females, wearing what they called 



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