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sit amidst such vast crowds wholly unnoticed and un-
known, left at perfect liberty to observe their manners,
conversation, and physiognomies, is truly a mental luxu-
ry. I have often wondered at the desire which many
people betray, to become acquainted with strangers,
whilst all my pleasure arises rrom being unknown. My
meditations, however, were soon interrupted by a call
upon the passengers to come and receive their tickets,
as it appeared we had to leave the Delaware, take sta-
ges and proceed by land across the country, to the Rari-
tan river, (New-Jersey,) where we take the steam-boat
again. But here the porters understand their business
much better than those of the Baltimore and Philadel-
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your baggage; they then proceed to label your baggage
with the number to which it belongs, setting the baggage
of each stage by itself: every stage has its porter, and
the moment the boat lands, every one to his business.
I was astonished at the dispatch used in transferring the
contents of the boat within the stages. Every one, even
the passengers seemed to testify the most eager desire to
beat the other line, whose passengers had just left the
shore in their stages as we arrived. They kept a small
distance ahead of us in the Delaware, but our hope of
success was founded upon the mettle of our horses, and
the advantage of our second boat, which was the best
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most stage, upon the fore seat of which is always seated
-Yorkers, one of the proprietors, for the purpose of regulating the
appeared speed of their horses, repairing accidents, &c. It was
our good luck to have an Irish gentleman in our party,
of great vivacity, who enlivened the conversation which
took place in the stage, with effusions of wit and humor.
We were nine in all, three ladies and six gentlemen.
They dipped occasionally into polite literature, but the
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engaged too much of my attention to profit by the con-
versation, particularly a stately edifice to the left of us,
not far from the road; upon inquiry I was told it was
Joseph Bonaparte's dwelling, the first time I heard that
he resided in the U. States! Upon the whole, I repent-
ed that I had not taken the other line, as it passed through
Princeton, where I might have been gratified by at least
an exterior view of Princeton College; but the lines ta-
king separate roads upon leaving the Delaware, I missed
that pleasure. New-Jersey is a broken, uneven coun-
try, and poor soil, at least that part of it through which
we passed; the natural growth is white oak, hickory,
chesnut, and pine; some meadows appear at intervals,
and fine orchards of cherry, apple, and pear trees.
the diminutive stalks of maize in the adjoining fields, sur-
prised me. It produces wheat, rye, barley, buckwheat,
and flax, and has a number of iron manufactories from
ore, within the state. It is likewise watered by a num-
ber of streams, which prove beneficial to the inhabitants,
by enabling them to realize the advantage they possess
over that of any other state in the union, both in the
quantity and quality of its ore, which is said to be suffi
cient to supply the United States.

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New-Jersey was settled by the Dutch, at Bergen, in 1618. It was granted to the Duke of York in 1664, by Charles II. and erected into a distinct government. There are no large towns in New-Jersey: it trades with New-York, which lies on the one side of it, and Philadel phia, which lies on the other. Trenton is the seat of government; it is seated on the Delaware, thirty miles a bove Philadelphia, and contained 4,000 inhabitants in 1820. The falls of Delaware lie near this town, above which it is unnavigable. This river divides New-Jer sey from Pennsylvania on the west, and Hudson river divides it from New-York on the east. It is the only state in the union where females are allowed to vote, though the men exercise the privilege.

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No sooner were we in the boats, (which was almost at the same instant,) than the steam was liberally plied to the wheels, and a race between the "Legislator" and the "Olive Branch," commenced for New-York. The former was our heroine, and a stately boat she was; but although she seized upon the middle of the channel, her rival drew up alongside somewhat boldly, and sometimes had the presumption to run ahead, which her ability to sail in shoal water enabled her to do; often, however, she lagged behind. It was quite an interesting sight to see such vast machines, in all their majesty, flying as it were, their decks covered with well-dressed people, face, to face, so near to each other as to be able to converse. It is well calculated to amuse the traveller, were it not for a lurking fear that we might burst the boilers. I confess for one, I would rather lose the race than win it, (which we did.) under such circumstances.*

The Raritan is what I should call a common, though a handsome river; it is about the width of New river, or Big Sandy, in Virginia. With a smooth, gentle current, it flows through the Jersey state, and enters Arthur Kill Sound, one of the finest harbours in the world, which lies open to Sandy Hook. The land, as you sail down the river, is thin, as most of the lands in those states are. The farms are small, and so are the houses. Orchards

Shortly after this, the Legislator did burst her boiler, by which some lives were lost, and others were much injured. A boy saved himself by jumping into a chest.

and meadows continue, though the hand of winter sits heavy on them. Cold as the day was, nothing but a heavy fall of rain could have forced me below. The clouds, which had been lowering all day, burst into a torrent about 4 o'clock, and with great reluctance I had to give up my speculations.

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