Excerpt from The Black Book, or a Continuation of Travels in the United States, Vol. 1 of 2 In various applications to the citizens of New Haven, of course, I called on none but the first people: amongst these were esteemed Messrs. N. S and D. D. The first attorneys in the state. Mr. D. Being absent, I waited upon Mr. S. In his office; he was not in, but a gentleman, whom Ifound in the office, assured me he would be in, in a few minutes. I took a chair, in obedience to the invitation of the gentle man, and in a few minutes, Mr. S. Made his appearance. He bowed (for he can bow) to me as he came in at the door, thinking, no doubt, I must be a client. But, when he found my suit was a different one from what he expected, he arose from his chair, and bending forward in order to dothe gracefully, waved his at m (and the hand attached to it) to the door, and addressed me in the following short style: go out, go out, there is the door, walk it was that I felt convinced that fiendlike monsters. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.