Carpenter is a grandson of Richard Davenport, who held the property m 780. b Disturnell*s Gazetteer of N. Y.

396 *' HISTORY OF THE

apparatus for drawing off the water in case any internal repairs should be necessary," &c.*

" The whole quantity of land which the water commissioners have been compelled to buy on the forty miles of the works, amount to nine hundred acres, and the average price has been nearly five hundred dollars per acre."b

The great bend of the Croton, west of Pine's bridge, was denominated by the aborigines Keweghtegnack. Croton lake bordered by meadows and high hills presents a lovely and interesting scene to the eye of the beholder. The following lines suggested by a visit to the lake, are from the Hudson River Chronicle.

TO CROTON LAKE.

- ■ How mildly beams the moon's pale light,

As o'er thy breast we gaily glide ; Her silvery lustre charms the night, . ' .

As swift we float along the tide. • ..

Unruflled calm thy bosom lies,

Save where the oars the stillness break ; Nor do the breezes dare to rise,

To mar thy beauty, Croton Lake.

The purest joys that friendship yields.

We here in rich profusion taste, • . .

While busy thought roams o'er the fields

Of memory, brightening from the past ; Sweet recollections crowd the mind,

With former scenes of purest bliss ; While now, a sweet delight we find . . ■ -

In musing o'er past happiness.