The first point of interest is High Bridge, now within the corporate limits of New York, winch carries the waters of the Croton Reservoir across the valley of tiic Harlem River at an elevation of one hundred feet, and is one of the noted engineering triumphs of the world.

The hamlet of King's Bridge is charmingly located in a beautiful valley, near the point where the Harlem flows into the Hudson. High, rolling liiils encompass it, on the crests of which are fortifications and finegrowtiis of timber.* The locality was first selected by the Dutch as the site of their projected city. New Amsterdam, but afterwards abandoned.

After leaving King's IJridge we approach the city of Yonkers, the largest town in the county, pausing by the way to take a glance at Vort Washington and the Spuyten Duyvel. From IManhattanvillc to Fort Washington, two miles below Spuyten Duyvel, the shore line presents a fine range of heights, once hand-

Westchester County proper begins at the Spuyten Duyvel. The scenery in the immediate vicinity is very fine. At Riverdale Station, on the Hudson liiver Railroad (the first station beyond the Spuyten Duyvel), a splendid view is had of the Hudson, with the villiis clustered along the eastern bank and the Palisades showing their perpendicular fronts against the swelling outlines of the Ramapo Range. The city of Yonkers is seen in the distance, and near at hand are the convent of Mount St. Vincent and the castlelike mansion (belonging to the convent) which was formerly the property of Edwin P'orrest, the tragedian.