No picture could then be made to give an adequate idea of the cascades when the river is full, and I contented myself with making a sketch of the scene below the bridge, at the foot of the falls, from the water-side entrance to the cavern alluded to. A fine sepia drawing, by the late Mr. Bartlett, which I found subsequently among some original sketches in my possession, supplies the omission. The engraving from it gives a perfect idea of the appearance of the falls when the river is at its usual height.

The Indians gave this place the significant name of Chf-pon-ti(C -- meaning a difficult place to get around. The white man first called the cascades AYing's Falls, in honour of Abraham Wing, who, with others

* A view nf this cavern is seen at the liead of this cliaiite it, and looking out upon the river and the opposite bank.

Tlie spectator is supposed to be wiihi

THE HUDSON.

from Duchess County, New York, settled there under a grant from the Crown, about the middle of the last century. Many years afterwards, when "Wing was dead, and his son was in possession of the falls and the adjacent lands, a convivial party assembled at table in the tavern there, which formed the germ of the present village of nearly four thousand inhabitants. Among them was Mr. Wing; also John Glen, a man of fortune, who lived on the south side of the river. The wine circulated freely, and it ruled the wit of the hour. Under its influence. Wing