A Step From the New World to the Old, and Back Again, Vol. 2: With Thoughts on the Good and Evil in Both (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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The steam er, through some accident, was delayed several hours beyond the appointed time. Passengers were collected in the steamboat office, some seated on chairs, some on trunks, while others were pacing along the wharf chattering and smoking, and endeavorn to wear away the weary time. To me, however, as all was novelty, so nothing was wearisome. At length, over the land in front of us, a little wreath of smoke was seen in the distance: but so numerous are the turns of the river, that it was a considerable time before the pipe came into View, and still a good while ere the low, long, narrow and dark thing came puffing up to the wharf as if tired out with tugging against the current. And so we got aboard amid a promiscuous company, chiefly Hollanders and Germans. The bow of the boat was appropriated to a crowd.

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