18th. After attending to what business I had to
do, I proposed to A. Tiebout a walk in the Jersey. This was agreed to,
and accordingly we set off with my Brother about 11 O’clock, and had a
pleasant passage to Paules Hook.*--Our spirits began to rise as we proceeded,
and cheerfulness kept us company all the way.—We cross’d Hackingsack river
and walk’d a considerable distance along the causeway, but feeling the
gnawings of hunger and despairing of reaching Newark in time, we turn’d
about and stopp’d at the bridge, where we procur’d a meal of bread, butter
and cheese.—We return’d to Paules Hook found a boat ready to sail, and
about 5 O’clock landed safe at the wharf.—I immediately went to see the
old Negro patient.
21st. This day completes my 21st year.—
This morning I receiv’d the remainder of my Dissertations
from Swords’s, and paid them £9.16.—I went with A. Tiebout to see
the Elephant which has been lately from India. She is only 2 years old,
but about the size of a bullock and very plump.—
* Pules Hook, Paulus Hook, Pual’s Hook,
or Pawles Hook, was the same place now known as Jersey City, which is a
quite recent name. Hook is Dutch for corner; Kinderhook, children’s corner;
hookey, playing truant, is literally cornering or hiding in a corner.
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The sagacity of the animal was astonishing, and her
trunk a great curiosity; with this she examin’d us carefully and search’d
our pockets for something eatable.—
22nd. My patients are now reduced to the number four.
In the afternoon my Brohter and I went out with an intention
of having a sail to Governor’s Island; but not being able to get a passage,
we walk’d up the New road and stopp’d at a house where we drank a bottle
of mead.—
28th. This morning I took a walk with my Brother near
Lispenard’s and enjoyed the delightful landscape enliven’d by the late
refreshing shower and the beams of the rising sun.—
After attending to my few patients I crossed the ferry*
to Brooklyn and saw my Aunt & Cousin Katy.—I ate a little bread &
butter and return’d home to dinner.
29th. Mr. Herttell sent requesting me to come and draw
his deceased wife’s likeness; I went and found
* The ferries were then very slow and uncomfortable,
particularly in winter. Horse boats began to be used about this time, or
boats in which horses, by stepping on a treadmill, gave motion to machinery
which drove the vessel forward. Brooklyn at this time had only a few hundred
inhabitants.
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