" " Why, they give us nothing but corn to eat -- I a'int no hog, I tell you ! "

The surrounding neighborhood is rendered peculiarly attractive, from the contiguity of high hills rising to bold heights, crowned with rich hanging woods. One of these is that noble hill called " Kaakeout." The meaning of the word being " Look out." This hill is, therefore, a sort of Lookout mountain of the North. It was occupied by the coast surveyors, and considered the second highest hill in Westchester County. The landscape which it overlooks is magnificent ; from it a long and large sweep of the Hudson River is seen, extending from the Highlands at the North to the sea itself -- where the river is lost in the beautiful bay of New York. From it can be seen the city of New York with its spires, and glancing across the river you behold the fields and towns of New Jersey; and turning to the westward and northward, you see the spurs by which the Kaatskills descend to the plains ; and turning to the east you behold hill and dale, wood and meadow simply charming. Washington Irving must have often climbed its summit. Sleepy Hollow winds along beneath its feet ; to the west of it gleams a shaft in Sleepy Hollow Cem-

THE TOWN OF MOUNT PLEASANT.

etery, near by the plain and simple slab that marks the grave of the modest and gentle author of the " Legend."