It includes the lower part of jS"ewburgh, the mouth of the Quassaic Creek, the villages of New AVindsor, and Cornwall, the beautiful low peninsula called Denning's Point on the left, and the higher one of Plum Point, on the western shore, seen in the centre. Just beyond the latter is the mouth of the Moodna, a fine clear stream that comes down from the hillcountry of Orange County. The view is bounded on the left by the lofty
THE HUDSON.
hills extending westward from the Storm King, at whose base the Hudson enters the Highlands.
At Newburgh is the eastern terminus of a branch of the New York and Erie Railway, which passes thi'ough some of the most picturesque scenery in the world, between the Hudson and Delaware rivers. In the vicinity of the village are charming drives, but no one is more attractive towards evening, than that along the river-bank, through New ^'indsor to
IDLEWILD FEOM THE BEOOK.
Idlewild, the residence of the well-known author, N. P. Willis, Esq. I travelled that road on a hot afternoon in August. The shadows were short ; a soft breeze came up the river from the open northern door of the Highlands, whose rugged forms were bathed in golden light. On the land not a leaf was stirred by a zephyr. I crossed the Moodua, in whose shallow waters the cattle were seeking cool retreats, and I was glad to take shelter from the hot sun in the shadows of the old trees on