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New York, October 4, 1849. Good morning,
little sister! or rather good evening in the New
World, where I now set firm foot after thirteen
days’ rocking on the sea. I am lodging in the Astor
House, one of the largest and best hotels in New
York, where the inhabitants are as numerous as
in the capital of Iceland, namely about five hundred.
Opposite the Astor House I see a large
so-called museum, with fluttering banners and
green shrubs on the roof, and the walls covered
with immense paintings representing “The Greatest
Wonders in the World,” huge, wonderful animals
and extraordinary human beings, all of which
might be seen within. In front of my hotel is a
green space inclosed with trees, and in the centre
a large fountain which has a refreshing appearance,
and there I have refreshed myself by walking
an hour this afternoon. Astor House is situated
on Broadway, the great high-street and thoroughfare
of New York, where people and carriages
pour along in one incessant stream and in true
republican intermixture. Long lines of white and
gilded omnibuses wind their way at an uninterrupted
rapid rate as far as one can see, amid
thousands of other vehicles, great and small.
The broad sidewalks are thronged with people of all
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