TRAVELS

THROUGH

CANADA,

AND THE

UNITED STATES

OF

NORTH AMERICA,

IN THE YEARS

1806, 1807, & 1808.

TO WHICH ARE ADDED,

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES AND ANECDOTES OF SOME OF THE
LEADING CHARACTERS IN THE UNITED STATES.

BY JOHN LAMBERT.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

WITH A MAP AND NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS.

VOL. II.

SECOND EDITION, CORRECTED AND IMPROVED.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR C. CRADOCK AND W. JOY,
32, PATERNOSTER-ROW;

DOIG AND STIRLING, EDINBURGH; AND M. KEENE, DUBLIN.

May 1913

.cpain C. No. 4 6 8 9 '08

ASTOR LIELA,

J 1876
NEW_YORK

Printed by Richard Taylor and Co., Printers' Court, Shoe-lane, London,

CONTENTS.

VOL. II.

CHAPTER XXV.

Journey to New York. Leave Montreal. La Prairie. St. John's.

Independent Whig. Fellow Travellers.

Sloop Dolphin.

David. Crossing the Line. Merman seen in the Richlieu

River. English Negotiators. Isle au Noix. Anecdote of

a Soldier. Cumberland Head. Canoe upset. Ducking.

Shelburne Bay. American Hospitality.
American Hospitality. Lake Champlain.

Crown Point. Accident. Floating Ice. Old Ti, or Ticon-

derago. Gale of Wind. Wood Creek.

ashore. Excursion through the Woods.

ture of General Burgoyne. Account of Saratoga.

Stage Waggon

CHAPTER XXVI.

Run the Vessel

Whitehall. Cap-

American

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Leave Skenesborough. American Taverns. Hire another

Waggon. Dine at Salem. Captain White. Humorous

Waggoner. Turnpikes, a profitable Speculation. Travel-

ling by Night. Lansingburgh. Troy. Newspapers. Fe-

deralists and Democrats. Stage-coach. Steam-boat. City

of Albany; its improved State. Gregory's Hotel. Mode of

Living at Taverns. Town of Hudson. Experiment Sloop,

a new Packet Vessel. The Hudson River. Beautiful Sce-

nery. Theological Dispute. Entertainment on board the

Sloop. Major André. West Point. Arrival at New York.

Appearance of the City at Night

CHAPTER XXVII.

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Boarding-House. Evacuation of New York, celebrated on the

25th of November. The Harbour. The Broadway. Bow-

ery Road. Shops. Hotels. Public Buildings. The Park.

Caterpillars. The Theatre. Mr. Cooper's Performances.

Richard the Third. Vauxhall. Ranelagh. Wharfs. Ware-

houses. Shipping. State of New York before the Embargo.

Bustle and Activity which prevailed. Melancholy Effects of

the Embargo. Annihilation of Commerce.

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