of a scene, I can never forget. We landed, and procured apartments in a respectable boarding house at the bottom of Broadway, in which we were more comfortably accommodated, than in an English first rate inn, and at considerably less expense. In the evening, we rambled into the city, and were so fortunate, as to meet some old friends, after a separation of several years; their attention, and the [xxxi] civility we received from some of the inhabitants, to whom we had letters, rendered our short stay extremely pleasant. New York is so well known, and has been so ably and often described, that I forbear saying further of it, than, that it is such a place as a stranger would expect to find, in one of the principal cities of a young, energetic, flourishing country, like the United States; its spacious streets of handsome houses, and public buildings, many of which are of white marble, are equalled by few in Europe; the same observation may be applied to its numerous institutions, markets, and public walks. In its situation, noble harbour, and adjacent views, it scarcely admits of a competition. We remained here a week, highly pleased with our reception, and left it for England on the 24th of June, in the packet ship, John Wells, and landed safe in Liverpool, after a pleasant passage of twenty-four days, without any thing remarkable occurring, except, the passing of several icebergs, of considerable size, off the banks of Newfoundland. The New York packets are considered in themselves, and by the manner in which they are fitted out, as complete ships, as any that sail; they generally make the passage in eighteen or nineteen days, so that the journey, from Cincinnati to England, may be performed in a month. PART I OF GREGG'S COMMERCE OF THE PRAIRIES, OR, THE JOURNAL OF A SANTA FÉ TRADER, 1831-1839 Reprint of chapters i-xi of Volume I of the second edition: COMMERCE OF THE PRAIRIES OB THE Journal of a Santa Fé Trader, DURING EIGHT EXPEDITIONS ACROSS THE GREAT WESTERN PRAIRIES, AND A RESIDENCE OF NEARLY NINE YEARS 230 NORTHERN MEXICO. Illustrated with Alaps and Engravings. BY JOSIAH GREGG. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL L SECOND EDITION. NEW YORK: J. & H. G. LANGLEY, 8 ASTOR HOUSE. |