WILD SPORTS 



ADVENTURES IN THE FAR WEST. 



CHAPTER I. 



FROI^I BREMEN TO NEW YORK. 



A Bremen lighter, and its capacity for holding passengers — An 

 unexpected meeting— Scene on board the lighter — The captain 

 Fii-st night on board — A parting dance on shore — Our new- 

 passengers and their mishaps — The " Constitution " — Steerage 

 arrangements — Sleeping berths — Scenes between decks — De- 

 parture — Sea-sickness — Our Jewish passengers— The French 

 and English Coasts — The Atlantic — Jelly-fish n?nd " Portuguese 

 men-of-war"— Small-pox on board — Dancing— Phosphorescence 

 of the sea — Fricandeau-days — Stormy weather— Meeting of 

 ships at sea — The 4th of July and its festivities — The shark and 

 pilot-fish — Projects to pass the time — " Land ho ! " — Arrival, 

 harbor, quarantine, and examination of luggage — We take leave 

 of the " Constitution." 



"Does the boat start at nine exactly ? " " Yes, do not be 

 later." Such was the notice I received as I spoke with 

 the master of the lighter, which in the spring of 1837 

 was to take me with bag and baggage on board the 

 "Constitution," bound to New York, then lying in 

 Bremen Roads, about forty miles from the town, and 

 only waiting for the two lighters, which were to take on 

 board the steerage passengers with their effects. 



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