As thitherward endeavowing, and upright Stood on my feet ; about me round I saw Hill, dale, and shady woods, and sunny plains, And liquid lapse of murmuring streams ; by these, Creatures that lived, and moved, and walked, or Hew ; Birds on the branches warbling ; all things smiled ; with fragrance and with joy my heart o'erflowed. Myself I then perused, and limb by limb Surveyed, and sometimes went, and sometimes ran. With supple joints, as lively vigour led ; But who I was, or where, or from what cause. Knew not ; to xpeak /tried, and forthicith spoke : My tongue obeyed, and readily could name Whate'er I saw."

The situation of the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb is a delightful one. The lot comprises thirty-seven acres of land, between the Kingsbridge Eoad and the river, about nine miles from the New York City Hall. The buildings, five in number, form a quadrangle of two hundred

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and forty feet front, and more than three hundred feet in depth ; they are upon a terrace one hundred and twenty-seven feet ahove the river, and are surrounded by fine old trees, and shrubbery. The buildings are capable of accommodating four hundred and fifty pupils, with their teachers and superintendents, and the necessary domestics.

In the midst of a delightful grove of forest trees, a short distance below

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the Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb, is the dwelling of the late J. J. Audubon, the eminent naturalist, where some of his family still reside. Only a few years ago it was as secluded as any rural scene fifty miles from the city ; now, other dwellings are in the grove, streets have been cut through it, the suburban village of Carmansville has covered the