Enough of the forest has been cleared away to admit of the construction of the work, but the place still possesses much of its original wildness, and to see such beautiful mechanical work standing against the rude rocks, -- to observe what changes have been wrought

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in the form of this rock to render it subservient to the purposes of the work, makes us feel that there has been a strife there ; but it all shows that art has gained the ascendency. The form which has been adopted for the face of the extension of the overfall is a reversed or double curve which would be easily recognized as Hogarth's line of beauty :

the overfall for the original dam has a plane face with a curve at the base. Walks are formed about the work bordered with grass, giving a neatness and finished appearance to the whole and every thing in connection seems to indicate that the

vicinity of the Croton Dam will be one of the resorts in summer seasons for the citizens of New- York. From the Croton Dam the Aqueduct passes along the left side of the valley of the Croton River until at the mouth of this river it

reaches the left bank of the Hudson, which it pursues, keeping at a distance of nearly half a mile from the River, until it arrives at the village of Sing-Sing, which is eight miles from the dam. In the course of this distance the Aqueduct passes through four tunnels and encounters many valleys and ravines where high foundation walls were required, and culverts for the passage of the streams. At the village of Sing-Sing there are two Aqueduct bridges ; one over a public road-way, and the other over the Sing-Sing Kill.