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CHAP. XXXIX. 



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New York, clear Atmosphere and gay Dresses. Omni 

 buses. Naming of Streets. Visit to Audubon. Croton 

 Aqueduct. Harper s Printing Establishment. Large 

 Sale of Works by English and American Authors. 

 Cheapness of Books. International Copyright. Sale of 

 Eugene Sue s Wandering Jew. Tendency of the Work. 

 Mr. Gallatin on Indian Corn. War with Mexico. Fa 

 cility of raising Troops. Dr. Dewey preaching against 

 War. Cause of Influence of Unitarians. Geological 

 Excursion to Albany. Helderberg War. Voting 

 Thanks to the Third House. Place-hunting. Spring 

 Flowers. Geology and Taconic System - - 332 



CHAP. XL. 



Construction and Management of Railways in America. 

 Journey by Long Island from New York to Boston. 

 Whale Fishery in the Pacific. Chewing Tobacco. Vi 

 sit to Wenham Lake. Cause of the superior Permanence 

 of Wenham Lake Ice. Return to Boston. Skeletons 

 of Fossil Mastodon. Food of these extinct Quadru 

 peds. Anti-war Demonstration. Voyage to Halifax. 

 Dense Fog. Large Group of Icebergs seen on the 

 Ocean. Transportation of Rocks by Icebergs. Danger 

 of fast sailing among Bergs. Aurora Borealis. Con 

 nection of this Phenomenon with Drift Ice. Pilot with 

 English Newspapers. Return to Liverpool - - 3&amp;lt;&amp;gt;5 



