The seal had hardly been presented before Mr. James Sanderson was announced. He had come to ask Davy for his wishes and advice in procuring a rifle that the Young Whigs of the city desired to present to Colonel Crockett. Davy was perhaps more pleased with this gift than by any other that could have been offered him. He gave the specifications as to size, weight, and so on, and it was arranged that the rifle should be given to him on his way back to Congress. On Tuesday Davy visited the Navy Yard and saw on the stocks the largest ship that had ever been laid down in the United States. He also visited the Schuylkill bridge, and was shown the railroad that had been extended a hundred miles into the State, “without making any fuss about it.” Upon seeing Girard College, he remarked that blood is thicker than water, and that he would have made his own kin rich first of all, and afterwards might have given away the rest. His last evening was the occasion for a “pick-knick” supper. He says this meant as much as he and his friends could eat and drink, with nothing to pay. XVIII. TRAVELLING HARD Davy visits New York City――His astonishment at the sight of the shipping――Davy wants to run to every fire――He visits Peale’s Museum――“Whole rows of little bugs and such-like varments”――Dined by the Young Whigs of New York――The first of May was moving day――Meets Albert Gallatin, whose house is being demolished to make room for the Astor Tavern――Visits the Five Points, and sees an artillery parade at the Battery――A rifle match at Jersey City――His journey is continued to Boston by way of Hell Gate and Providence――Davy is welcomed at the Tremont Tavern――Visits Faneuil Hall, Bunker Hill, the Constitution, and is the guest of the Young Whigs――Makes a speech to a meeting in front of the State House, and visits Lowell――Davy is given a broadcloth suit made from Mississippi wool――He returns to Washington――The news from Texas in 1834. The next day――the 29th of April, according to his story――Davy went to New York, by steamboat up the Delaware, thence by rail to Perth Amboy, and then again by boat. He says New York was certainly “a bulger,” and especially was he astonished by the forest of masts at the wharves. At the dock he was met by a committee and a crowd anxious to see him. After three cheers had been given and repeated, a committee representing the Young Whigs escorted him to the American Hotel, where many New Yorkers had gathered to meet him. That afternoon Davy was taken to see the new fire-engine, and then saw Fanny Kemble play at the Park Theatre. He pays an honest tribute to that charming actress, when he says, “She is like a handsome piece of changeable silk: first one color and then another, but always the clean thing.”