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ever seen . They had stowage I understood for three thousand bales, + yet as you looked ^insert through /insert their gilded + splendidly furnished saloons one hundred + eighty yards in length, + saw how great was the num- ber of sleeping berths they contained, you w/d have supposed they were constructed for passengers only.

      In this most modern city with most ancient name, there were many

fine shops, + good buildings but little that was continuously good; unoc- cupied spaces or spaces occupied only with poor wooden tenements were everywhere interposed. The streets were generally totally uncared for This unsightliness + neglect are to be set down to the past, + not to present state of things.