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to General Bovey, who is a lover of that noble 

 animal, the horse, and is the owner of some of 

 the finest that America can boast. He mani- 

 fested much interest in my welfare, and kindly 

 invited me to dine with him ; after spending a 

 long and pleasant hour in his society, I took my 

 leave, and when, shortly after, I left Annapolis, 

 I bore with me a grateful recollection of the 

 many kindnesses I had received from the inhab- 

 itants of that beautiful city. 



I will here claim the indulgence of the reader 

 while I give a brief sketch of my journey from 

 this point to New York. It was about the mid- 

 dle of May, 1 8 71, when I started on my tour, 

 intending to arrive at New York in the month 

 of October. In passing through the State of 

 Maryland, I found it a beautiful, level country, 

 with a soil of great fertility. It is well known 

 to have been one of the slave States, and, as a 

 result, the population is made up largely of col- 

 ored people, many of whom I found to be very, 

 very poor ; their houses, within and without, be- 

 spoke wretchedness and want, and many of them 



