The extreme point is fortified towards the sea by a battery, and forms an admirable point of defence; I should suppose, no city could boast.

From hence commences the splendid Broadway, as the fine avenue is called, which runs through the whole city.

This noble street may vie with any I ever saw, for its length and breadth, its handsome shops, neat awnings, excellent _trottoir_, and well-dressed pedestrians.

It has not the crowded glitter of Bond Street equipages, nor the gorgeous fronted palaces of Regent Street; but it is magnificent in its extent, and ornamented by several handsome buildings, some of them surrounded by grass and trees.

The Park, in which stands the noble city-hall, is a very fine area, I never found that the most graphic description of a city could give me any feeling of being there; and even if others have the power, I am very sure I have not, of setting churches and squares, and long drawn streets, before the mind's eye.