- Man looking up from his reading and smiling
Man looking up from his reading and smiling - Man with money in his hand
Man looking at the money in his hand - Man reading on stage
Man reading on stage - Man on the stage
Man on the stage - Smiling and rubbing his hands
Man smiling and rubbing his hands - Man smoking a cigar
Man smoking a cigar - Patronizing stance
Man standing in a patronizing stance - Man
Man carrying a top hat - Man wringing his hands
Man wringing his hands in anticipation of making some money - The Bowery night-scene
The Bowery night-scene - Gentleman smoking a cigar
Gentleman smoking a cigar - Men
Men - Excited man shouting
Excited man shouting - Fall of Table Rock
On the 25th of June, 1850, occurred the great downfall which reduced Table Rock to a narrow bench along the bank. The portion which fell was one immense solid rock two hundred feet long, sixty feet wide, and one hundred feet deep where it separated from the bank. The noise of the crash was heard like muffled thunder for miles around. Fortunately it fell at noonday, when but few people were out, and no lives were lost. The driver of an omnibus, who had taken off his horses for their midday feed, and was washing his vehicle, felt the preliminary cracking and escaped, the vehicle itself being plunged into the gulf below. - Otaitai, or Porter's Basket
All this time the Otando people were busy making otaitais, or porters' baskets. The otaitai is a very ingenious contrivance for carrying loads in safety on the backs of men. I have brought one of these baskets home, and preserve it as a keepsake. It is long and narrow; the wicker-work is made of strips of a very tough climbing plant; the length is about two and a half feet, and the width nine inches ; the sides are made of open cane-work, capable of being expanded or drawn in, so as to admit of a larger or smaller load. Cords of are attached to the sides, for the purpose of securing the contents. Straps made of strong plaited rushes secure the basket to the head and arms of the carrier, as shown in the picture.