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 kind turn or two, and lie completely won my regard by Focrth 



Journey. 



an affability which I shall never forget. This obliging 



gentleman pointed out every thing that was grand and 

 interesting as the steam-boat plied her course up the 

 majestic Hudson. Here the Catskill mountains raised 

 their lofty summit ; and there the hills came sloping 

 down to the water's edge. Here he pointed to an aged 

 and venerable oak, which having escaped the levelling 

 axe of man, seemed almost to defy the blasting storm, and 

 desolating hand of Time ; and there, he bade me observe 

 an extended tract of wood, by which I might form an 

 idea how rich and grand the face of the country had once 

 been. Here it was that, in the great and momentous 

 struggle, the colonists lost the day ; and there, they 

 carried all before them : — 



" They closed full fast, on every side 

 No slackness there was found ; 

 And many a gallant gentleman 

 Lay gasping on the ground." 



Here, in fine, stood a noted regiment ; there, moved 

 their great captain ; here, the fleets fired their broad- 

 sides ; and there the whole force rushed on to battle : — 



Hie Dolopum manus, hie magnus tendebat Achilles, 

 Classibus hie locus, hie acies certare solebat." 



At tea-time we took our tea together, and the next 

 morning this worthy American walked up with me to the 

 inn in Albany, shook me by the hand, and then went his 



