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WANDERINGS IN 
FOURTH 
JOURNEY 
Neiv 
Y ork. 
Its 
streets, 
houses, 
&c. 
American 
ladies. 
Buonaparte, nephew to the late Emperor Napoleon, 
aided by some of the most scientific gentlemen of 
Pennsylvania, is continuing this valuable and inte¬ 
resting publication. 
New York, with great propriety, may be called 
the commercial capital of the new r world :— 
“ Urbs augusta potens, nulli cessura.” 
Ere long, it will be on the coast of North 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 enchant¬ 
ing ! The verdant fields, the woody hills, the farms, 
and country houses, form a beautiful landscape as 
you sail up to the city of New York. 
Broadway is the principal street. It is 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 are 
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. 
Nothing can surpass the appearance of the 
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 Lon¬ 
don and Parisian fashions; and have only retained 
