Journey from Albany to New York and Stopovers There and at Philadelphia, July 5 - July 16, 1834

Departure from Albany – Steamboat Albany – Hudson – Catskill Mountains – Village [of] Catskill and creek by this name – Picturesque Hudson banks – Newburgh – West Point – Sing Sing – Arrival at New York – Journey to Philadelphia – Dr. Harlan – Mr. Duponceau – Collections – Peale’s Museum – Mr. Isaac Lea – Business with the bookseller Dobson – Return to New York – Stay there and preparations for the departure – The snake (Python iavanicus) swallows a woolen blanket – A new owl – The live horned lizard from the Rocky Mountains – Packet Lines.