This beautiful stream has been long celebrated for its trout. Well may the lover of the sport exclaim with Cotton,

None so bright,

So pleasant to the taste, none to the sight :

None yield the angler such delight.

This fish begins to bite in March or April. Very large sized trout have been caught here about the middle of March, and they continue till the months of July and August. They lie generally under the shelter of stumps, bridges and stones.

The bait generally used in catching this fish, is the common earth worm. By connoisseurs, the artificial fly is preferred.

The north-eastern part of this township is occupied by a high ridge of hills, called the Taclcahoe Hills. This portion of the town, originally formed a part of that large tract of land between the Saw Mill and the Bronx rivers, which was ceded by the Indian chiefs, Sepham and others, to Frederick Philipse, June 5, 1684. Tradition says, that anciently, an Indian Sachem of that name, had his residence on one of these hills, and exercised, his authority among the tribes of the neighbouring valleys.

The name Tuckahoe, means in the Algonquin, " The Bread," literally, Tuckah, (bread) the o, oe, or ong, being merely an objective sign relating to the plant itself.

The celebrated Captain Smith, in his travels and adventures, tells us, " that the chief root the Indians of Virginia have for food, is called Tockawhoughe. It groweth like flagge in marshes. In one day a salvage will gather sufficient for a weeke. These roots are much of the greatness and taste of potatoes. They are toasted a great many of them, with oke leaves and feraSj