NEW YORK. 
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breezes from the sea, which render it partial-? 
iarly agreeable at that season. There is a fine 
view from it of the roads. Long and Staten, 
Islands, and Jersey shore. At the time of high 
water, the scene is always interesting on ac¬ 
count of the number of vessels sailing in and out 
of port: such as go into the East River pass 
within a few yards of the walls of the battery. 
From the battery a handsome street, about 
seventy feet wide, called Broadway, runs due 
north through the town; between it and the 
North River run several streets at right angle®, 
as you pass which you catch a view of the wa¬ 
ter, and boats plying up and down; the distant 
shore of the river also is seen to great advan¬ 
tage. Had the streets on the opposite side of 
Broadway been also carried down to the East 
River, the effect would have been beautiful, for 
Broadway runs along a ridge of high ground 
between the two rivers; it would have con¬ 
tributed also very much to the health of the 
place if, added to this, a spacious quay had 
been formed the entire length of the city, on 
either side, instead of having the borders of the 
livers crowded with confused heaps of wooden 
storehouses, built upon wharfs projecting one 
beyond another in every direction. New York 
would have been one of the most beautiful sea¬ 
ports in the world. All the sea-ports in America 
appear to great disadvantage from the water. 
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