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astonishment, put on a broad grin, which stopped his 

 whistling, but he kept up the time with his heels. At 

 last the astounded tailor found his tongue, and calling 

 out, " Oh the wretch ! " he sprang on the unprepared 

 William, pulled him across his knee, and pointing out 

 the butter to the bystanders, exclaimed in a sorrowful 

 voice, " There, there it is ! " 



As we came nearer to the long-desired land, we 

 could distinguish woods, fields, houses, farms, and single 

 trees ; a beautiful sight, but not to be enjoyed long, for 

 the captain not liking to approach too close, stood off 

 again, and in the evening it was hardly visible. Early 

 on the 19th we made all sail; about eleven a small 

 vessel stood towards us under American colors : we 

 hoisted ours, and the pilot came on board. Now all 

 was fresh life among the passengers. So near the land, 

 fresh water was served out, and there was washing and 

 splashing and smartening up going on in every corner. 

 Here a young Jewess adorned herself with earrings 

 containing false stones, there a man hastily washed a 

 shirt; on one side women combing and brushing chil- 

 dren, there others, their toilet ended, strutting about 

 in their best ; — and there lay the poor ropemaker face 

 downwards, across the capstan ; he had but one pair of 

 trowsers, which the kind tailor was busily mending. 

 The pilot, a fine-looking man, as all these American 

 pilots are, and dressed in the newest fashion, soon 

 carried us into the entrance of New York harbor, 

 near Staten Island. Where shall I find a pen that can 

 paint what we saw, or describe our feelings ? The sight 

 of this noble land, robed in the most beautiful 'green, 

 with luxuriant fields, fine houses, and here and there 



