FOURTH JOURNEY. 



CHAPTER I. 



" "Nunc hue, nunc illuo et utrinque sine ordine curro." 



Three years in England. — Sail for New York. — Nomenclature.- — Altera- 

 tion of scenery. — A sprained ankle. — Magnificent cure. — Feats of 

 climbing. — Quebec. — Irish emigrants. — Tioonderago. — Saratoga. — 

 Philadelphia. — White-headed Eagle. — Form and fashion. — Climate. — 

 Forebodings of the civil war. — Sail for Antigua. 



Courteous Teader, when I bade thee last farewell, I 

 thought these Wanderings were brought to a final close ; 

 afterwards I often roved in imagination through distant 

 countries famous for natural history, but felt no strong 

 inclination to go thither, as the last adventure had ter- 

 minated in such unexpected vexation. Tlie departure of 

 the Cuckoo and Swallow, and summer birds of passage, 

 for warmer regions, once so interesting to me, now scarcely 

 caused me to tarn my face to the south ; and I continued 

 in this cold and dreary climate for three years. During 

 this period, T seldom or ever mounted my hobby-horse ; 

 indeed it may be said, with the old song — 



" The saddle and bridle were laid on the shelf," 



and only taken down once, on the night that I was 

 induced to give a lecture in the philosophical hall of 



