From the respective owners who recciveil their particular lots under this final partition of the Manor

HISTORY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY.

Lands of Scarsdale in fee, have those lands passed to the great number of parties now owning and occupying them, with, of course, all the rights and privileges of all lauds granted by the Crown of England prior to the 14th of October 1775, and guaranteed and confirmed by all the successive constitutions of New York, both as an Independent Sovereignty, and as one of the United States.

The Topography of the Manor of Scarsdale is peculiar, the Bronx and the Hutchinson rivers flow southwesterly from its northwestern part, the Mamaroneck river with its main affluent the Sheldrake, and its uppermost branches flows southeasterly into the Sound. It is well watered, hilly, and has singularly enough among the hills two or three extensive flat fertile plains. The valleys between the hills are beautiful and some of them very deep. The country is well wooded and the " Saxton Forest," formerly 300 acres, though much reduced in size, is still one of the largest single forests in the county. The drives are exceedingly fine, abounding with great and varied beauty. The soil is fertile and yields abundantly.

In closing this chapter the writer regrets that space will not permit specific local details of the other Manors in the county, as was the original intention, but having assented to the editor's request to permit a portion of the pages allotted him to be employed by others, it cannot be done.