Joshua Caq:)enter,« the present occupant of the house, still points out the spot where the bed of Colonel Green stood, and the window from which Major Flagg fired his pistols, while the old fashioned wainscoting and doors are pierced with numerous bullet holes. A large addition has been since made to the house, on the east. The wonderfully extensive views which this elevated spot commands, will amply repay the visitor, besides the interest attached to the above associations.

a Mr. C;iriu.'ut..T i.-i a grari'.I-sou of lUctiiiril Davenport, wlio held the proiicrty in ITm^.

THE TOU-N" OF YORKTO^V^^ 703

In the south-east corner of Yorktow-n, is situated the great dam of ti'.c Croton Acqueduct, one of the most important and extensive works ever undertaken in tliis country. " The dam across the Croton is placed where the river enters between the hills, after having passed for several niiles through a more level country. The hill on the south side is composed of solid rock."*^ The dam itself is not of great length, but is one of the most ingenious works of substantial masonry any where to I-e found. The highest point of the structure is rather more than fifty feet above the natural bed of the Croton. By this elevation, the water is thrown back more than six miles, forming a beautiful lake of several hundred acres, containing about 100,000,000 gallons for each foot in depth for the surface. The water is drawn into the acqueduct by means of a tunnel cut into the rock, which constitutes the hill on the south side. At distances of one mile, a circular hollow tower is erected over the acqueduct, for the purpose of ventilation, these being composed of white marble, produce a very ■[)retty effect. Every three miles is an apparatus for drawing off the water in case any internal repairs should be necessar)-, &c.*