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VOYAGE TO NEW YORK. 19
appearance, that his temper was at first a little ruffled;
but when he was told the object of the survey,
he submitted to it with much good humour. The
passengers passed a vote of thank to the captain and
ship's officers, and resolutions in commendation of
the ship.
Sandy-hook is a promontory of sand, in the form
which its name indicates, running into the sea at the
entrance of the Bay of New York. Its light-house
is fully twenty miles fcom the city, the approach to
which is by a winding channel. As soon as we were
fairly in the bay, we fired three guns, and burnt three
blue lights. Several news boats were speedily on
board of us; and at eleven P. M. we cast anchor in
the Quarantine road-stead, close to Staten Island,
and within sight of the lights of New York, distant
six or seven miles. Many of the passengers proceeded
directly to the city; but we being strangers to the
new world, felt no such overpowering impatience,
and therefore slept on board.'
Tuesday, Sept. 25. At day-break the anchor was
weighed, and we sailed towards the city. It was
a splendid autumnal morning; the air was clear,
fresh, and bracing, and the sun brilliant. The waters
were smooth, and all around was land, beautiful in
its outlines, and studded with houses, white as snow,
* I have heard, that, since this voyage, the Great Western has udergone
great improvements, both in the arrangement of the berths
on deck, and in the servants' department, and that she is now a comfortable
and well managed ship.
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Combe, George, 1788-1858. Notes of the United States of North America, During a Phrenological Visit in 1898-9-40: Volume 1, book, 1841; Edinburgh, Scotland. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1028/m1/59/?q=%221838%3F%22: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.