Marco Paul's travels and adventures in the pursuit of knowledge City of New York . ening. What is thereremarkable in the city, which you can go andshow ? Why, my father, replied Marco, generallytakes people to see the City Hall, but I dont thinkthere is much to see. There it is. So saying, Marco pointed to a very large andsplendid marble building, which just began to ap-pear in sight. It was in the midst of an openpiece of ground, called the Park, which was ad-joining Broadway, and which had a high ironfence all around it, and gravelled walks, and rowsof trees rurming across it in all dire
Marco Paul's travels and adventures in the pursuit of knowledge City of New York . ening. What is thereremarkable in the city, which you can go andshow ? Why, my father, replied Marco, generallytakes people to see the City Hall, but I dont thinkthere is much to see. There it is. So saying, Marco pointed to a very large andsplendid marble building, which just began to ap-pear in sight. It was in the midst of an openpiece of ground, called the Park, which was ad-joining Broadway, and which had a high ironfence all around it, and gravelled walks, and rowsof trees rurming across it in all directions. Thespaces between the walks were in grass, and thesurface looked very smooth and green. Throughand over these trees, they could see the lofty wallsof the City Hall, with its windows, its porticoesand piazzas, and a cupola upon the top. What is there in the City Hal] to see? saidForester. CAPACITY. 57 Nothing but just rooms, that I recollect,said Marco. I should rather go down to theBattery and see the ships. Well, said Forester, after tea W|^ will godown to the CHAPTER BATTERY. It is not at all surprising that Marco recom-mended going to the Battery, for it is a very pleas-ant place to take a walk, in an evening in battery is a kind of fortification. It is generallya sort of platform, on which heavy cannon areplaced, to fire balls, shells, and red-hot shot at theenemy. The Battery in New York was formerly usedfor this purpose. It is at the lower extremity ofthe island on which the city is built, at the pointwhere the North and East rivers flow together andform New York harbor. The reason why theyformed the battery there, was, that from that placethe guns could point towards the harbor, and sobe aimed at any enemys ship which might becoming to do any damage to the town. But inprocess of time the people concluded that theywould have the fortifications farther down, nearthe mouth of the harbor, on some islands, so thatthey could keep the enemy fro
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