The Chappequa sulphur springs, which have acquired some celebrity, are situated "four miles north-east of Sing Sing. They issue from a cleft in the rock, near the base of a hill about two hundred feet in height. The water, as it rises from the rocks, is transparent, but in its course deposites a reddish yellow powder. The salts held in solution are said to be sulphate of lime, chloride of calcium, and the muriate of iron, and manganese. The water is supposed to possess medicinal properties, similar to those usually ascribed to sulphur springs."'7

a Ten years ago vast flocfes of wild duck and geese used to frequent tills pond.

b The Quimby family were among the first settlers of this part of New Castle, and descend from John Quimby, one of the patentees of the town of Westchester, in 1664. Jno. ymmby. of Stratford, 1654, had one child born there, but after some years removed, and was oue of the first settlers of W.C.

c Nat. Hist, of N. Y. Part III, 141 . Sulphuretted hydrogen is the gas evolved.

THE TOWN OF NEW CASTLE.

It is a singular fact, that sulphuretted springs are to be found at short distances from this spot to Fort Miller, in Washington County, a distance of a hundred and fifty miles.

In the north-east corner of the town lies the romantic valley of the Pepemighting," through which the river of that name meanders in its passage to the Croton. This part of New Castle has been recently taken from the adjoining township of Somers.6