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WANDERINGS IN SOUTH AMERICA. 



Poor Wilson was smote by the hand of death, before 

 he had finished his work. Prince Charles Buonaparte, 

 nephew to the late Emperor ^sTapoleon, aided by some 

 of the most scientific gentlemen of Pennsylvania, 

 is continuing this valuable and interesting publi- 

 cation. 



Xew York, with great propriety, may be called the 

 New York Commercial capital of the new world : — 



" Urbs aiigusta potens, imlli cessura." 



Ere long, it will be on the coast of l!^orth America what 

 Tyre once was on that of Syria. In her port are the 

 ships of all nations ; and in her streets is displayed 

 merchandise from all parts of the known world. And 

 then the approach to it is so enchanting ! The verdant 

 fields, the woody hills, the farms, and country houses, 

 form a beautiful landscape as you sail up to the city of 

 ]N"ew York. 



Its streets Broadway is the principal street. It is 

 houses, &c. three miles and a half long. I am at a loss 

 to know where to look for a street, in any part of the 

 world, which has so many attractions as this. There 

 aj?e no steam-engines to annoy you by filling the atmo- 

 sphere full of soot and smoke ; the houses have a 

 stately appearance ; while the eye is relieved from the 

 perpetual sameness, which is common in most streets, 

 by lofty and luxuriant trees. 



American l^othing Can surpass the appearance of 

 ladies. ^-j^Q American ladies, when they take their 



morning walk, from twelve to three, in Broadway. The 

 stranger will at once see that they have rejected the 

 extravagant superfluities which appear in the London 

 and Parisian fashions ; and have only retained as much 

 of those costumes as is becoming to the female form. 



