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_:

Lord Dunreath had long been a prey to infirmities, which at this
period generally confined him to his room....]

The gladsome sensations of Albert were changed soon to those of
melancholy, when he saw that his father was affected with a serious
illness, and dejection supplied the place of more happy and animated
feelings.

Alida, for several weeks, scarce left the apartment. One morning she
perceived that he had altered very materially for the worse. It was only
at intervals he could converse with her, and then his conversation was
calculated to give her fortitude and resignation, and prepare her mind
for an approaching melancholy event, which, whenever she received the
least hint of, her grief was inexpressible.

[_Children of the Abbey_:

Her father was considerably altered for the worse, and unable to
rise, except for a few