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Download or read book A Voyage to North America, and the West Indies, in 1817 (Classic Reprint) written by E. Montule and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-30 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Voyage to North America, and the West Indies, in 1817 M. Laurent Faures, to whom I had been introduced by Messrs. Curcier and Ravisies, the merchants with whom I had placed my' fu'nds, frequently conducts me to view the objects worthy notice in Philadelphia, which is the most beautiful and largest city of the, United States; nor does there exist one perhaps in the known world, which is built on so regular a plan. All the streets are either straight, or parallel with the Delawar, being at least eight fathoms 'wide, paved with small round stones, similar to many places in the South of France. On either side there are footways, from eight to ten feet wide, paved with bricks, and kept remark ably clean, and about every hundred paces distant, on either side the street, there are pumps supporting lamps, added to which, poplars and plantain-trees skirt the foot-paths, whose verdure, du ring the summer season, must agreeably break the uniform colour' of the houses, the major part of which are built of brick. The doors are usually very much ornamented, and open upon a ight' of white marble steps, decorated by a tasteful iron balcony, which is kept peculiarly neat and clean. In the middle of 'the city is Market Street, being nearly twice the width of any other, which divides in the centre all those that run parallel with the river.' The market is kept in the middle, being a kind of granary, sup ported by pillars, the 'whole displaying an air of perfect clean liness. It' is divided in several parts, each appropriated to its peculiar kind of merchandize of which the butchers struck me most forcibly. This class of men, who appear perfectly well are habited in a shirt, or frock, of the most delicate whiteness. The market is only held in the morning, they do not break the bones as is customary with us, but saw them, which gives the meat a far more pleasing appearance. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."