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of 'thousands who annually seek its pure sea- 

 breezes, and regale themselves in the pleasures 

 if abundantly affords. I visited many other 

 places in the State, forming classes and receiving 

 the congratulations of numbers who appreciated 

 the knowledge it was my aim to impart. 



Passing some twenty miles across a pleasant 

 though sandy country, I reached the village of 

 Red Bank, at which place I took the steamboat, 

 and, after sailing through the magnificent Bay of 

 New York, passed up the Hudson River to Sing 

 Sing, at which place I met with success, and 

 formed a class composed mainly of the first citi- 

 zens of the town. I devoted my first leisure to 

 visiting the State Prison, which is situated in the 

 suburbs, on the bank of the Hudson, and, after 

 being conducted through the different depart- 

 ments, I was permitted to see a record of the 

 names of the inmates and the crimes for which 

 they were incarcerated, and I record 'It as my 

 conviction that many there have laid a founda- 

 tion for after crime by early cruelty to the no- 

 blest of all animals save man. One step of 



