Emigrants. 



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pass under the Thames, the river which flows 

 through the city of London. It is proposed to 

 construct a railroad tunnel under the Hudson 

 River between New York and Jersey City. 



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Emigrants crossing- the Mountains a Mountain Pass. 



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8. Not far from the tunnel you may see a 

 company of emigrants* on their way west. They 

 may be from some of the large cities of the 

 States, or they may have lately arrived in this 

 country from Germany, England, Sweden, Nor- 

 way, or other part of Europe, intending to buy 

 land in one of our Western States or Terri- 

 tories and become industrious farmers. 



* In the Country or State which they leave they are called Emigrants; in 

 that which they enter, Immigrants. 



