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the coast, I was visited by my old acquaintances sea-sickness, 
which however did not last long. While attacked by this sick¬ 
ness, I gratefully recalled to mind the goodness of Providence, 
in having preserved me from all disease during my long journey 
through the American continent! In England I had several at¬ 
tacks of rheumatism in the left arm and shoulder; but these pains 
disappeared during my voyage to Boston. Owing to the unheal¬ 
thiness of the climate in the neighbourhood of Lake Ontario and 
the river St Lawrence, I had a breaking out in the face, which 
ultimately increased to a scab on the chin, and of which I did 
not get rid for several months. To this I have to add the unfor¬ 
tunate injury from the carriage at Greenbush, which caused vio¬ 
lent pains in my chest. All these left me the moment I reached 
the genial climate of the southern states, and during my stay in 
New Orleans I did not feel the least inconvenience, and when, 
during the journey, I experienced now and then a slight indis¬ 
position, it was doubtless to be attributed solely to the water that 
I was compelled to drink; it was but short in its duration, and, 
upon the whole, during my travels, I enjoyed perfect health. 
The country adjacent to the spot where our ship lay, opposite 
the quarantine hospital at Staten Island, until this morning, is 
uncommonly beautiful. On leaving this station, we passed through 
the Narrows, beheld on our right Fort Richmond on Staten Island, 
to our left Fort La Fayette, and in the back ground, on a hill of 
Long Island, Fort Hamilton, in the erection of which they were 
busily engaged. Then we left the charming high coast of Staten 
Island and came in sight of the bleak low lands of Sandy Hook, 
with Long Island to the left, and the ocean before us. The San¬ 
dy Hook light-house is a high white tower, surrounded by small 
underwood; to the south of it, and tolerably distant from each 
other, are two small towers, likewise furnished with lanterns, 
whose lights are, however, not to be seen at so great a distance 
at sea as that of the large one. They serve as landmarks for 
mariners. 
As we lay so near the Edward Quesnell, I went towards even¬ 
ing in a boat on board that vessel, in order to see how the passen¬ 
gers, and particularly the worthy Mr. Hottinguer, whom I have 
heretofore mentioned, were situated. Although this ship is well 
constructed and provided with state-rooms, still it is by no means 
so elegant and comfortable as the Pacific, nor is it so large. She 
had thirty-five cabin passengers, with a number of children; they 
were greatly straightened for room. Besides Mr. Hottinguer, I 
met several acquaintances; Colonel de Quartel,* Baron Lederer,t 
* In service of the Netherlands, on his return from a mission to the new 
South American republics. 
t Austrian Consul-General to the United States. 
