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forty-two broad, and the sapper table in the principal 

 cabin .as being laid with as much taste and elegance as 

 we find in our best hotels, and furnished with as great 

 and rich a variety." So the palatial steamboat living is 

 not so modern an idea as some of us seem to think. The 

 drawing for berths, by lot, is described, but the following 

 shows that the drawing was not altogether impartial : 



"When my name was called, Capt. B. smiling, said, 

 'There has been great inquiry about Mr. Emerson, and 

 many of my New Haven friends desired me to give him a 

 good berth.' The captain then drew for me a ticket, 

 which gave me one of the best berths in the boat. . I men- 

 tion this as a proof that, though the berths are assigned 

 by lot, 'the whole disposing thereof is not directly f of the 

 Lord,' and as an expression of kind attention to a stranger 

 on the part of some of the citizens of New Haven." 



The only other incident of note connected with the trip 

 to New York, was the open announcement at an early 

 hour, which all could hear in their berths, "No fear, we 

 have passed the gate of Hell," alluding to the passage 

 at "Hurlgate." 



The boat arrived at New York at three o'clock on Sat- 

 urday mor-ning, and he remained there, seeing the sights, 

 and hearing some of the eminent and other preachers, 

 until the following Friday, when he sailed for New Bruns- 

 wick, N. J., thirty-five miles distant. There he remained 

 until the succeeding Tuesday, May 14, when he started, 

 by a very slow and dilapidated stage, for Trenton, where 

 he was to take the boat for Philadelphia. The team ar- 

 rivSd too late, but it pressed on to Bristol, ten miles 

 below, and there caught .the boat, which, at eight o'clock, 

 began to move down the Delaware, the city of Philadel- 

 phia coming in sight at half-past ten. 



During his stay in Philadelphia, he visited the different 



