44 WILD SPORTS IN THE FAR WEST. 



stopped before a very grand house. I did not feel 

 quite comfortable under all this hospitality, for every 

 light in the large building seemed to call out to me, 

 " Money is the principal thing, therefore get money," 

 which sentence I recollect having to translate at Dr. 

 Fliigel's, at Leipzig. I walked in, however, and in- 

 quired for the first boat going to Buffalo; meantime 

 be it said, my misgiving was not altogether unwar- 

 ranted, for I had to pay fifty ,cents, about 2s. 2d., for 

 a cup of tea w^ith bread and butter. The price of the 

 boat was six dollars, table included, which seemed too 

 dear, and a German Jew who w^as present took my 

 part and made an agreement for me for four dollars. 

 It was very cold when I went on board the canal boat 

 a short time before its departure, and I found the warm 

 cabin very agreeable. 



The morning broke dull and rainy, and the break- 

 fast-bell roused us too soon from our beds. An Ameri- 

 can breakfast is something astonishing to a newly 

 arrived German. He beholds in surprise coffee, pork, 

 pickled gherkins, potatoes, turnips, eggs, bread, butter, 

 and cheese, all on the table at once ; but as soon as 

 the stomach has become accustomed to this strange 

 assemblage, I must honestly acknowledge that it suits 

 a hungry Christian man much better than dry bread 

 and weak coffee. 



After breakfast I had plenty of time to notice the 

 company with whom I shared the narrow space of a 

 cabin in a canal boat. There were ten gentlemen and 

 three ladies; these latter had a cabin to themselves, 

 separated from the other by a red curtain ; over the 

 entrance was the insci'iption, " Ladies' Cabin," with 



