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 Then, becoming distracted with the remembrance of her Fouhth 



Journey, 



misfortunes, " veterum memor ilia malormn," she took 



off howling into the fields of Thrace, — 



" Turn quoque Sithonios, ululavit moesta per agros." 



Juno, Jove's wife and sister, was heard to declare, that 

 poor Hecuba did not deserve so terrible a fate, — 



" Ipsa Jovis conjuxqiie sororque, 

 Eventus Hecubam meruisse negaverit illos." 



Had poor Priam escaped from Troy, one thing, and only- 

 one thing, would have given him a small ray of satisfac- 

 tion, viz. he would have heard of one of his daughters 

 nobly preferring to leave this world, rather than live to 

 become servant maid to old Grecian ladies : — 



" Non ego Myrmidonum sedes, Dolopumve superbas, 

 Adspiciam, aut Graiis servitum matiibus ibo." 



At some future period, should a foreign armed force, or 

 intestine broils, (all which heaven avert,) raise Troy to 

 the dignity of a fortified city, Virgil's prophecy may then 

 be fulfilled, 



" Atque iterum ad Trojam magnus mittetur Achilles." 



After leaving Troy, I passed through a fine country to 

 Albany ; and then proceeded by steam down the Hudson 

 to New York. 



Travellers hesitate whether to give the preference to phiiadei- 

 Philadelphia or to New York. Philadelphia is certainly 



