A Theatrical Trip

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Excerpt from A Theatrical Trip: For a Wager! Through Canada and the United StatesWe went by steamer from Boston to Portland, a dreadfully dismal, unfinished sea-port town, way down in Main, withal the eastern terminus of the Grand Trunk Railway, and the talked-of destination of that ¿oating Mammoth, the Great Eastern steamship, though what on earth. Or rather water, she'll do when she gets there, no one can opine, there are no warehouses for her merchandise, and no hotels for her passengers. However, that sensible body of gentlemen, mis named her directors, I suppose know best, though an intelligent Yankee told me there was no reason on airth' why she shouldn't go to New York, as there was water enough in the Hudson to ¿oat six such as she, and deducting the odd five, I behave him.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.