[_Travels_: A very fine view is enjoyed from Fort Putnam of the plain of West Point, and of the Hudson, which here calls to mind the high banks of the Rhine. The view to the north is particularly handsome, in which direction Newburgh, lying on the river, is seen in the back ground. We saw nothing of the Catskill mountains. ...] A band of music, paid by the government, belongs exclusively to the cadets, and is said to afford the best military music in the United States. [_Travels_: .... A band of music, paid by the government, belongs exclusively to them, and is said to afford the best military music in the United States. Every one has his taste....] [[This passage is out of sequence. In _Travels_ it appears about midway between the paragraphs beginning "A large level space..." and "Notwithstanding my injured side..."]] The party generally regretted leaving this agreeable place, where they had been highly gratified during their short stay. They took passage on board the steamboat Constitution, bound to New-York, sixty miles distant. [_Travels_: I was very sorry that we were obliged on the third day after our arrival to leave this agreeable place, which had so extremely pleased me; but I was obliged to go to New York at last!...] [_Travels_ (Baltimore chapter): We went on board the steam-boat Constitution.] They were now again on their way to one of the most flourishing cities in the United States, which attracts a great part of the commerce of the American nation. They came into the vicinity about sunset, and at eight o'clock in the evening they landed in New-York. Leaving their friends in the city, Albert and his sister took passage in a stage coach next morning, and journeyed in a short time as far as the village of ----, and from thence proceeded on to the residence of their father. [_Travels_: .... After sundown we came into the vicinity of New York, the largest city in the United States, which attracts nearly the whole commerce of the country, and now already numbers one hundred and seventy thousand inhabitants. We landed about eight o'clock in the evening....] [[_Travels in North America_ ends here.]] CHAPTER XXVIII. Ah! now again all my sensations move to see a parent, and I sigh once more to meet the kind caresses of a father--and weeks seem ages in this separation. The feelings of Alida were those of boundless joy to meet again her parents, after an absence from them which appeared long to her. [The Merchant's Daughter: Her first feelings were those of boundless joy....] She was grieved to find her father had suffered much from indisposition during her absence. She endeavoured in vain, by every soothing attention, to recall him again to health and happiness. His malady increased daily, and he became a prey to infirmities, which at length confined him to his room. [_Children of the Abbey_: