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. It is fifty feet in height and its branches extend for a distance of fifty feet. On the road from the Point to Westchester village are many beautiful residences. On the eastern side of Westchester Creek, in Castle Hill Neck, stands the old Wilkins mansion, now a farmhouse, in which it is said three Loyalist clergymen, including Dr. Seabury, (afterwards bishop of Connecticut), were secreted during the Revolution.

HISTORY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY.

Cornell's Neck, iu the southwest corner of the town, between the Bronx River and Pugsley's Creek, commands some beautiful views of East River and the adjacent islands. The noted property known as " De Laucey's Mill " is located about three miles from the mouth of the Bronx and opposite the village of AVest Farms. The township of the latter name -- formerly ])art of the borough of Westchester and uotv incorporated with the city of New York -- contains many beautiful sites, among them being the former residence of the poet, Joseph Rodmsiu Drake, on Hunt's Point, near its extremity, overlooking the East River and Flushing Bay. Near the entrance of Jefferd's Neck is Rose Bank, the beautiful estate of William H. Leggett, on the bank of the East River, which here has the appearance of a lake.