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220 LONG-ISLAND SOUND AND THE EAST RIVER.
rods, about a foot from the beds, so as to screen the
passengers when undressing, and to produce a sort of
privacy. The benefits of fresh air, however, are excluded.
There is no provision for ventilation. At
one o'clock A.M. I wakened with a painful sense of
suffocation, and rose. I found all the windows
closed, the cabin doors shut, two great stoves, at
least twenty argand lamps, and more than one hundred
pairs of lungs, all consuming air, without one
aperture intentionally provided to allow it to enter!
I found all the passengers and servants asleep, proceeded
quietly up the cabin stairs, opened and fastened
back two doors to admit fresh air, took a walk
on the upper deck, enjoyed the clear bright star light;
and then descended and slept soundly, without having
undressed.
Nov. 17. Long Island Sound and the East River.We
should have reached New York this morning at
six, but the boiler of one of the steam-engines became
unserviceable, and it was nine before we arrived.
The day was beautifully clear and frosty.
The sail in Long Island Sound must be lovely in
summer, for even now it is interesting. About fifteen
or twenty miles from New York, the Sound,
which has run north-east and south-west, suddenly
narrows and turns to the south. At this point, the
United States are erecting an enormous battery to
stop the approach of an enemy to New York in this
direction. On the east lies Long Island, and on
the west Manhattan Island, on which New York
stands: The narrow channel between them, although
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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/m1/260/?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.