CHAPTER I.

FROM BREMEN TO NEW YORK.

The Bremen Lighter--A Parting Jollification--The good Ship “Constitution”--The Steerage--The Last of Germany--Sea-sickness--Life on Board--The Channel--Sea Sights--A Shark--A Wreck--Bathing at Sea--Dancing on Board--Stormy Weather--The Coast of Newfoundland--Festivities on the 4th of July--Shark and Pilot-Fish--Mother Carey’s Chickens--Land ho!--Staten Island--Our Destination.....pp. 1--30