CHAPTER 11. 



NEW YORK TO BUFFALO. 



Good advice to emigrants — Examination of the baggage — New York 

 __ Schw— z's boarding-house and its deficiencies — Aspect of the 

 city _ Abundance of fruit — An Irishman's funeral — Fire — Re- 

 ports from Illinois — The German reformed church — Extraordi- 

 nary scene — Soldiers — The Scotch and their national costume — 

 Negroes— My tobacco speculation— Unsuccessful shooting excur- 

 sion — Departure for Albany — Utica — An American breakfast— 

 The canal-boat and its arrangement— Collision— Crowded state 

 of the boat, and consequent discomfort — Lockport — Niagara — 

 Hamilton — Visit to a countryman — Excursion into the woods 



— Meeting with an Indian — Bear hunt— Bivouac in the woods 



— Maize — Buffalo — The ' William Tell ' — Village politicians. 



Although this blockhouse was called the Quarantine 

 building, the quarantine was not very strict; several 

 of us got a boat to take us on shore, and for the first 

 time we stepped on the soil of a new world — for us a 

 truly beautiful and noble world, but still a new, and 

 therefore a strange one. Singular feeUngs came over 

 me as I wandered under strange trees, among the pale 

 Americans, and sought some quiet spot where I could 

 indulge my thoughts; they were mournful, though at 

 the same time full of hope and confidence. It was late 

 when I returned to my companions, whom I found 

 assembled round some bread and cheese and beer, and 

 well satisfied with their reception in their new country. 

 While sitting enjoying God's good gifts, which we had 



