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Rh General Grant's tomb, statues of Christopher Columbus and William Shakespeare. And take the "Seeing Yacht," encircling the island of Manhatton, showing the statue of Liberty, Blackwell's island, Jersey City, Brooklyn, Harlem, Bronx, the navy yard, the ocean liners and the wharves, with their commerce and extensive shipping interests.

I must mention a few amusing incidents that came personally to my notice, during my three week's sojourn in New York, to show how many ignorant people this immense city contains and what little idea they have of the magnitude of the country beyond its borders. While out in company one evening a young gentleman asked me if we had any pianos in Montana. I had him repeat his question, thinking he surely could not mean what he was saying,