It would be impossible to depict in language the manifold beauties and advantages of its Hudson Riverfront, already lined with beautiful homes and destiued to become, no doubt, in coui-se of time, one of the most densely populated localities in all the world. For nearly fifty miles it presents an unbroken succession of pictures<iue building sites with charming prospects of hill and river scenery, thought by many to be unrivaled in any quarter of the globe.

On the other side of the county, skirting Long Island Sound, a widely ditfereiit panorama is presented, but one which also has individual charms and beauties of its own. The shore line is broken into many promontories or i)eninsulas and the general efl'ect is remarkably diversified and l)eautiful. Westchester, the townslii]) contiguous to New York City on the east, presents a rolling surface, with fine grass and |)asture lands, which are abundantly watered by small streams and springs. TheBronx River, flowingthrough the middle of the township, is the principal stream, and along its banks are many beautiful localities. The general a])pearance of the valley is most romautic. East of "Bronxdale" is a low tract of land known as" Bear Swamp," which tlerives its name from the savage animal that formerly made its home in the morass. Throckmorton's Neck, between Westchester Creek and Pelham Bay, is the site of many handsome resiliences which command noble views of Long Island f?ound. At; its extremity stands Fort >Scluiyler, one of the defenses of New York City from approach by way of the Sound. Here the tides from opposite directions meet in the Sound. Opposite City Island, on the northeast side of the point, are the well-known Stei)ping-Stones, a line of rocks projecting from the Long Island shore, wliich become visible at low water. On the highest of them stands the lighthouse known as " Stepping-Stone Light." On the northeast side of the point lies Locust Island, and on the south are many handsome residences liiiiiiir the western shore of the East River, including the old Livingston place, noted for its beautiful cedar of Lebanon, .said to be the finest in the United States.