"The potent clangour of his trumpet-- like the ivory horn of the renowned Paladin Orlando, when expiring in the glorious field of Roncesvalles-- rung far and wide through the country, alarming the neighbours around, who hurried in amazement to the spot. Here an old Dutch burgher, famed for his veracity. and who had been a witness of the fact, related to them the melancholy affah: ; with the fearful addition, (to which I am slow in giving belief,) that he saw the duyvel, in the shape of a huge moss-bonker, seize the sturdy Anthony by the leg, and drag him beneath the waves. Certain it is, the place w^tb the adjoining promontory which projects into the Hudson, has been called ' spyt den duyvel,' or Spuyten Duyvel, ever since. The restless ghost of the unfortunate Anthony still haunts the surrounding solitudes, and his trumpet has often been heard by the neighbors, of a stormy night, mingling with the howling of the blast. Nobcxiy ever attempts to swim over the creek after dark ; on the contrary, a bridge hM been built to guard against such mekncholy accidents in future."''

This creek, and neighboring waters, are also celebrated for their shad fishery. The season for fishing commences in ^NTarch, and continues throughout April and May. It is entirely governed by the influx and reflux of the tide, or the last of the flood and ebb. The fishermen make four hfts every twenty-four hours. The aggregate value of this fish, (the Aiosa Sapidissiyna, Rap.,) taken in the Hudson river and neighboring waters south of the Highlands, amounts to $100,000 annually.