handed the General a draught of good cheer, with these words, " General ! the ladies say you are a very handsome man, but I cannot see." " Tell the ladies," rejoined Washington, " I am afraid they are as blind as yourself."" Samuel Lyon, his eldest son, received from Governor Tryon a commission in the Westchester militia, which he afterwards resigned for a Major's commission in the Continental army, whereof Samuel Drake was Captain. During the war, Major Lyon was unfortunately surprised in the night, by a party of Totten's refugee corps. The marauders, after the most inhuman treatment, plundered the house and farm, and carried off their prisoner to New York. His brother, Captain Gilbert Lyon, also held a commission in the Continental service.3 The son of Major Lyon, is the present Samuel Lyon, Esq., of North Castle. Opposite the site of the old residence on Lyon Hill lies the family cemetery, which contains, among other memorials, the following :

About a mile east from Byram Lake is situated the Cohamong Pond, so denominated from the adjoining hills. This pond has no observable inlet, and is said to be of great depth. There is a delightful eminence in the vicinity, from which the spectator has a noble prospect -- comprehending a horizon to the north, east, and south, of forty miles at least.

The name of the Middle Patent is still applied to all that beautiful district of country lying in the north-east corner of the township. Within this part of North Castle rises the Mehanas river ; which, after running some distance north into Bedford, turns and takes a southerly course, forming the boundary between North Castle and Poundridge on the east. In the Mahanas valley is a small settlement, consisting of a Methodist church and several scattered dwellings.