Appletons' illustrated hand-book of American travelA full and reliable guide ..to ..the United States and the British provincesWith careful maps of all parts of the country, and pictures of famous places and scenes, from original drawings by the author and other artists . ated about 12 milesfrom New York. It has a fine beachfronting the ocean, and is much fre-quented for sea-bathing. On the northside of the Island is an hotel. Steam-boats ply regulai-ly between the cityand Coney Island during the summerseason. Fare, 12-J cents, each way. Rockaway Beach, a celebrated andfashionable watering-pla
Appletons' illustrated hand-book of American travelA full and reliable guide ..to ..the United States and the British provincesWith careful maps of all parts of the country, and pictures of famous places and scenes, from original drawings by the author and other artists . ated about 12 milesfrom New York. It has a fine beachfronting the ocean, and is much fre-quented for sea-bathing. On the northside of the Island is an hotel. Steam-boats ply regulai-ly between the cityand Coney Island during the summerseason. Fare, 12-J cents, each way. Rockaway Beach, a celebrated andfashionable watering-place, on the At-lantic sea-coast, is in a south-east direc-tion from New York. The Marine Pa-vilion, a splendid establishment, erectedin 1834, upon the beach, a short dis-tance from the ocean, is furnished in astyle befitting its object as a place ofresort for gay and fashionable is another hotel here which iswell kept; also several private board-ing-houses, where the visitor, seekingpleasure or health, may enjoy the in-vigorating ocean breeze, with less pa-rade and at a more reasonable cost thanat the hotels. The best route to Rock-away is by the Long Island Railroad toJamaica, twelve miles, 25 cents; thence 116 NEW YOEK. Suburban Kesorts of New Long Branch, New Jersey. by stage eight miles, over an excellentroad, to the beach, 50 cents. Long Branch, situated on the east-ern coast of New Jersey, 32 miles fromthe city of New York, is a popular placeof resort for those fond of seashorerecreation, and where a pure and in-vigorating atmosphere is always to befound. The Ocean House, a hotel of the firstorder, a short distance north from LongBranch, is a place where, during theoppressive heat of summer, a greaterdegree of real comfort can be enjoyedthan, perhaps, at the more fashionablewatering-places. There is admirable sport in this vici-nity for the angler. The Shrewsburyriver on the one side, and the ocean onthe other, swarm with all the delicatevarieties of f
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