And heavenly joys the soul eutrauco ; > The hallowed fellowship of friends

We here with rich delight partake, ISTor o'er, till this esisicnce ends,

Shall we its memory dear forsake.

But list I the hour sounds to deprtrt.

And thy bright shores we leave with pain ; Thou ever shalt be near my heart,

While life or thought or hope remain ; The friends I here have found, shall be

Dear to my heart till life forsake ; And often shall I think of thee.

Thou mildly beauteous Croton Lake.

The supplies of the Croton are derived exclusively from the elevated region of the Highlands, in Westchester county and Putnam, being furnished by the pure springs v/hicli so remarkably characterize the granitic formation of this, region. Many of the ponds and lakes fro:n wliich it is maintained, are, tliree or four hundred acres in e.xtent and as large as 1,000 acres; ail these ponds are surrounded by clear upland shores, which furnish soft and clear v/ater. Half a o-allon of water taken from the Croton at Wood's bridge, pelded by evaporation, 2.3^3 grains residuum, in the following proportions :-- Vegetable matter. 1,33 : Carbonates of lime and magnesia, 1,200; Muriate of magnesia, 1,000; Total, of grains.f^ 2.333.

Prior to the erection of the dam, shad fish annually ascended the river some miles above the present lake. The fishinf is now entirely confined to trout, perch, and other fresh water fish.

In iSoo it was proposed to render the Croton river navigable, from its mouth to Pine's Bridge. The following report of die engineers is entitled : --