Leaving the valley of the Croton we come out upon the Hudson at the head of the "great waters of the Tappan Zee," beyond which the early inhabitants of New-Amsterdam dared not to voyage without first " settling their family affairs, and making their wills." As we approach Tarrytown we find the localities which were pictured in the " Legend of Sleepy Hollow," and easily recognize the Old Dutch Church near which the affrighted Ichabod Crane was so sadly unhorsed by the headless Hessian. We find in this vicinity also, the place noted as the " spot where the unfortunate 'Andre was captured!' Besides the romantic and diversified scenery of the Hudson which is in view from the line of Aqueduct, the visitor

may find highly cultivated grounds and delightful country seats, and among them that of our distinguished countryman,

Washington Irving, where he sought a rural retirement for his literary pursuits. But it is unnecessary to speak further of the objects which are calculated to interest the visitor to this part we would only invite the stranger of the country :

who visits the city of New-York to go forth and visit her noble Aqueduct when he has become acquainted with the :

magnitude and grandeur of its construction, then he may turn aside for prospects to admire and incidents to interest.

APPENDIX. BY CHARLES A. LEE,M. D.

WATER.

( Chiefly compiled from the works of Thomson, Pereira, Whewell and others.)

Water was regarded by the ancients as an elementary substance, and as a constituent of most other bodies. This opinion was somewhat modified by the experiments of Van Helmont and Mr. Boyle, who maintained that it could be changed into all vegetable substances, as well as into earth ; but it was substantially held until the middle of the last century, (1781,) when Mr.