Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction by Ian Nish
- Note on the Text
- VOLUME I THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
- Preface
- 1 The Voyage across the Pacific
- 2 A Survey of the United States of America
- 3 A Record of San Francisco, 1
- 4 A Record of San Francisco, 2
- 5 The Railroad Journey in the State of California
- 6 The Railroad Journey in the State of Nevada and Utah Territory
- 7 The Rocky Mountain Railroad
- 8 The Chicago Railroad
- 9 The Railroad Journey from Chicago to Washington, D.C.
- 10 A Survey of the District of Columbia
- 11 A Record of Washington, D.C., 1
- 12 A Record of Washington, D.C., 2
- 13 A Record of Washington, D.C., 3
- 14 The Journey Through the Northern States, 1
- 15 The Journey Through the Northern States, 2
- 16 The Journey Through the Northern States, 3
- 17 A Record of Washington, D.C.: Epilogue
- 18 A Record of Philadelphia
- 19 A Record of New York City
- 20 A Record of Boston
- VOLUME II BRITAIN
- VOLUME III CONTINENTAL EUROPE, 1
- VOLUME IV CONTINENTAL EUROPE, 2
- VOLUME V CONTINENTAL EUROPE, 3; AND THE VOYAGE HOME
- Index
15 - The Journey Through the Northern States, 2
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 August 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction by Ian Nish
- Note on the Text
- VOLUME I THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
- Preface
- 1 The Voyage across the Pacific
- 2 A Survey of the United States of America
- 3 A Record of San Francisco, 1
- 4 A Record of San Francisco, 2
- 5 The Railroad Journey in the State of California
- 6 The Railroad Journey in the State of Nevada and Utah Territory
- 7 The Rocky Mountain Railroad
- 8 The Chicago Railroad
- 9 The Railroad Journey from Chicago to Washington, D.C.
- 10 A Survey of the District of Columbia
- 11 A Record of Washington, D.C., 1
- 12 A Record of Washington, D.C., 2
- 13 A Record of Washington, D.C., 3
- 14 The Journey Through the Northern States, 1
- 15 The Journey Through the Northern States, 2
- 16 The Journey Through the Northern States, 3
- 17 A Record of Washington, D.C.: Epilogue
- 18 A Record of Philadelphia
- 19 A Record of New York City
- 20 A Record of Boston
- VOLUME II BRITAIN
- VOLUME III CONTINENTAL EUROPE, 1
- VOLUME IV CONTINENTAL EUROPE, 2
- VOLUME V CONTINENTAL EUROPE, 3; AND THE VOYAGE HOME
- Index
Summary
June 13th, 1872. Fine; slightly cooler than yesterday.
At ten o'clock in the morning we bade Colonel Ruger farewell and crossed the Hudson by ferry from the West Point Academy pier. Looking back, we could see the rocky palisades towering above the river and a ribbon of road winding along the side of the mountains. The tiers of hills were deep and wooded, looking like a green folding screen, and the river scenery was extremely lush and beautiful. At this point the Hudson is quite shallow, and we could see weeds swaying beneath the surface. On the opposite shore we disembarked at Garrison Station, where we waited thirty minutes for our train.
At eleven o'clock the ‘Columbia’, a train especially provided for the Embassy by the New York Central Railroad Company, pulled in. The interior of the car was decorated with the crossed flags of the United States and Japan, eleven pairs of them, and the conductors and dining-car attendants all wore small Japanese flags in their lapels. A meal had been prepared for us in the dining-car.
We headed north, travelling beside the Hudson River. After following the river for 120 miles, we reached the city of Albany. Upon crossing a long bridge, we lost sight of the river among the buildings and beheld instead a vista of chimneys, some tall, others short. Here we stopped a while.
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- Japan RisingThe Iwakura Embassy to the USA and Europe, pp. 79 - 82Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009