* From this point the Jraveller soutliward first obtains a good view of tlie Palisades on the west side of the river.

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visitor. It is the summer residence of Mr. Schuyler (a grandson of General Schuyler), Mr. Hamilton's son-in-law. Near it is a more pretentious residence belonging to Mr. Blatchford, another son-in-law of the proprietor of " Nevis.'M Within call of these pleasant retreats is the superb residence of Mr. Cottinet, a wealthy New York merchant, built in French stylo, of Caen stone. This, in point of complete elegance,

externally and internally, is doubtless superior to any other dwelling on the banks of the Hudson. The grounds about it are laid out with much taste, and exhibit many delightful landscape effects.

Dobbs's Ferry, a considerable village, twenty-two miles from New York, was a place of some note a century ago ; but the town has been mostly built within the last fifteen years. The Indian name was Weec-

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ques-guch, signifying the place of the Bark Kettle. Its present name is from Dobbs, a Swede from the Delaware, one of the earliest settlers on Philipse's Manor. The village is seated pleasantly on the river front of the Greenburgh Hills, and is the place of summer residence for many New York families. Here active and important military operations occurred during the war for independence. There was no fighting here, hut in the movement of armies it was an important point. Upon the high hank, a little south-east from the railway station, a redoubt was built by the