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"What is the meaning of this?" said I to Mr. Downing,
who smiled quietly and replied, "Here is a case of
competition. Two vessels are emulous for passengers,
and these fellows are hired by the two parties to
puff their boats. They act this part every day,
and it means nothing at all."
When we left the steamboat, we took our places on the
Hudson Railway, the same which is in progress opposite
Newburgh, and along we flew with arrow-like speed
to Mr. Hamilton’s villa, which lies upon a height by
the river side. Mr. Hamilton took me out with him to
visit various small farmers of the district, so that
I might see something of their circumstances. At
two of the houses we arrived just at dinner-time,
and I saw the tables abundantly supplied with meat
and cakes of Indian meal, vegetables and fruit,
as well as with the most beautiful white bread.
There was a whole crowd of strangers to dinner at
Mr. Hamilton’s, among whom was Washington Irving,
a man of about sixty, with large, beautiful eyes,
a large, well-formed nose, a face still handsome, in
which youthful little dimples and smiles bear witness
to a youthfully fresh and humorous disposition and
soul. He is also said to have an unusually happy
temperament and a most excellent heart. He has
surrounded himself with a number of nieces (he says
he cannot conceive of
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