As usual, the English retained a part of the Dutch naine, and called it Terwe Towti, from which is derived the modern pronunciation, Tarrj town. In the legend of " Sleepy Hollow," Mr. Irving says,--" The name was given, we are told, in former days by the good housewives of the adjacent co\intry, from the inveterate propensity of their husbands to linger about the village taverns on market days." So they called it Tarrytowu.

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river with its numerous water-craft. Our little picture of that scene gives some idea of the delights of a residence within Irving Park, afforded by broad views of nature in its lovely aspects, and the teeming commerce of a great river. Besides these attractions there are pleasant views of the Po-can-te-co, as it dashes through Sleepy Hollow in swift rapids and sparkling cascades, from various portions of the park. And all of these,

with the pleasant roads and paths, belong to the owners of dwellings within the park. The proprietor of an acre of ground and his family may take their morning walk or evening drive through miles of varied scenery, without going into the public road, and with the agreeable consciousness of being on their own premises, f Soon after leaving the Po-can-te-co, on the way towards Tarrytown, a

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fine monument of white Westchester marble, about twenty-five feet in height, is seen at the side of the highway, and on the margin of a little stream called Andre's Brook. It is surrounded by an iron railing, and upon a tablet next to the road is the following inscription, which explains the object of the monument : --