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FOURTH 

 JOURNEY. 



and Robin-red-breast, for his charity, is cherished 

 by the English : 



" No burial these pretty babes 



Of any man receives, 

 Till Robin-red-breast painfully, 



Did cover them with leaves."* 



Poor Wilson was smote by the hand of death, 

 before he had finished his work. Prince Charles 

 Buonaparte, nephew to the late emperor Napoleon, 

 aided by some of the most scientific gentlemen of 

 Pennsylvania, is continuing this valuable and 

 interesting publication. 



New York, with great propriety, may be called New York, 

 the commercial capital of the new world: 



" Urbs augusta potens, nulli cessura." 



Ere long, it will be on the coast of North America 

 what Tyre once was on that of Syria. In her 

 port are the ships of all nations ; and in her streets 

 is displayed merchandise from all parts of the 

 known world. And then the approach to it is 

 so enchanting ! The verdant fields, the woody 

 hills, the farms, and country houses, form a beau- 

 tiful landscape as you sail up to the city of New 

 York. 



Broadway is the principal street. It is three its streets, 



1 i i houses, &c. 



miles and a halt long. I am at a loss to know 

 where to look for a street, in any part of the 

 world, which has so many attractions as this. 



* The fault against grammar is lost in the beauty of the idea. 



