In other places it forms romantic glens, shaded with the wild hemlock and fir. The wooded shores of Byram point, rise directly opposite the village, forming a fine contrast to the western side of the river. The Byram is navigable nearly two miles from its mouth, aff"ording an easy transit from this place for the marketable productioiis of the interior. The sloops at present engaged in this trade, are the William Marston and the Sarah Odee, Messrs. Peck owners, and the INew York and Washingtonian.

The site of the ancient /er/-?/ across the sound to Matinecock, upon Long Island, was t!ie Horse rock in the vicinity oi Rye Port.

Upon the 18th of July, 1739, King George the second, by his royal letters patent, regulated and established a ferry at this place, to be kept and attended for the conveniency of passing and repassing to and from the land in the tioo patents called Budd's tieck and Poningoe neck, lying and being in Rye, to the island of Nassau, over against the township of Oyster Bay, in the said island.

Which ferry our loving subjects John Budd, Hachaliah Brown and Jonathan Brown, Esqs , propose to undertake and to provide and keep at their own charge and expense, a sufficient number of good and able boats and servants for the due attendance on such ferry, &c., &c., and have free liberty to ask, demand and take for ferriage at and for such ferry, &c., the several and respective fees hereinafter mentioned, &c., viz. for every person one shilling and sixpence, for every man and horse three shillings, for all horned cattle from two years old and upwnrds each two shillings, for all colts and horned