Bronson says, that, on taking leave, he expressed a deep sense of the obligations he was under, for the delicate and courteous treatment he had received from the officers of the reg-iment with whom he had become acquainted, and declared that, whatever might be his future destiny, he could never meet them as enemies. The guard marched all night, and in the morning of the next day, September 26th, Andre arrived at Robinson's house, in the custody of Major Tallmadge."b From whence he was taken the same evening to West Point.

CoJonel Sl;eWon's headquarters nt Lower Salem. The west window on the ground floor belon;'8 to tlie room in wiixii Andre wrote liis first letter to Washington.

« Sparks' Life of Arnold, p, 231, 23.), G, 7, 8. * .'^parks' Life of Arnold, p. 2r)3. 4.

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The ravages of time have made but little progress upon the old quarters of Andre at Salem; the small room still remains, with its single door and solitary window looking out upon the road.

Between two and three miles north-west of the village of South Salem lies Lake VVacabuck, (Long Pond,) a beautiful sheet of water, covering over two hundred and twelve acres of ground. Near by is another pond connected with the former by a small stream. Both are fed and supplied chiefly, (perhaps entirely,) by springs and rivulets from the great Long Pond mountain. The northern shore of the lake is bordered with hanging woods, and surrounded by rocky mountains of the most picturesque form, presenting altogether an interesting scene as the traveller approaches from Lower Salem. The hills on the southern shore are much lower, but equally attractive ; their bases being profusely covered with foliage to the very margin of the water. Its shores are also diversified with wooded points.