The northern traveller, and northern tour, with the routes to the Springs, Niagara, & Quebec, and the coal mines of Pennsylvania, also, tour of New England . t time the pre-sent year. PASSAGE UP THE HUDSON RIVER. On leaving New-York, the traveller finds him-self in the midst of a fine and varied scene. Thebattery lies behind him, with Governors Islandand Castle Williams projecting beyond; stillmore distant opens the passage called the Nar-rows, with Staten Island on the right, leading toSandy Hook and the Atlantic Ocean, which is 22miles from the city. On the west side of the Bayare Bedlows an
The northern traveller, and northern tour, with the routes to the Springs, Niagara, & Quebec, and the coal mines of Pennsylvania, also, tour of New England . t time the pre-sent year. PASSAGE UP THE HUDSON RIVER. On leaving New-York, the traveller finds him-self in the midst of a fine and varied scene. Thebattery lies behind him, with Governors Islandand Castle Williams projecting beyond; stillmore distant opens the passage called the Nar-rows, with Staten Island on the right, leading toSandy Hook and the Atlantic Ocean, which is 22miles from the city. On the west side of the Bayare Bedlows and Gibbet Islands, with fortifica-tions; the point at the mouth of the Hudson isPowles Hook, on which stands a small town inNew-Jersey called Jersey City; and the villageof Hoboken is seen a mile or more up the hills of Weehawken appear beyond. As theboat moves rapidly on, it passes the crowded lineof buildings in Washington-street, the North Bat-tery, and the village of Greenwich ; with the build-ing formerly the State Prison, the Episcopal The-ological Seminary and the Blind Asylum in suc-cession. At Weehawken, under a ledge of rocks facing. J^ortli
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