The cottage commands an extensive view of the winding creek and the high grounds of Pelham. The adjoining property formed a portion of the ancient planting grounds of Eastchester. Further to the southwest lies Black Dog Brook,

a Heath's Mem., 218. t Hugh Gaines' Gazette,

b As late as 1775, a rattlesnake was killed near the brook, measuring some six feet, c Town Rec, 1 Feb., 1696-7. John Pell, senr., had the privilege of erecting a mill on this brook.

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sometimes called Hutchinson's Brook. This stream constitutes a portion of the southern line of the township.

Upon the western shore of Hutchinson's Creek (north of Reed's mill) is located the village landinsf already alkided to.^

Id the sou ih west corner of Eastchester lies the estate of the late George Faile, Esq., at present occupied by his widows formerly the property of Fleetwood Marsh, Esq., a native of Diitchet, Buckinghamshire, England, for many years a freeholder of this town. The situation of the estate is very fine, commanding all the various undulations of a hilly district.

The house, seated upon rising ground, overlooks the valley to the southeast, Eastchester Creek, and the distant waters of the Sound.

The adjoining property on the west belongs to Mrs. Givans, widow of the late Robert Givans, Esq. The mansion is surrounded by extensive plantations and ample woodlands. The latter affords a favorite rendezvous or head- quarters for vast flocks of crows, which receive every protection from their generous benefactress. The noise created bv ihem, in their assemblage and re ascension in the morning, is incredible, causing the woods to re-echo with a thousand reverberations.