Near its site, large assemblages of people listen to music, hold festivals, dance, partake of refreshments of almost every kind, and fill the air with the voices of mirth. The Germans, who love the open air, go thither in large numbers ; r.nd tents wherein lager bier is sold, form conspicuous objects in that still half sylvan retreat. There Blondiu walked his rope at fearful heights, among the tall tulip trees ; and there, in autumn, the young people may yet gather nuts from the hickory trees, and gorgeous leaves from the birch, the chestnut, and the maple. But half a decade will not pass, before "Jones's Woods" will be among the things that have passed away.

A little beyond this, at Eighty- sixth Street, a road leads down to Aitoria Ferry, on the East Eivcr, a short distance below the mouth of the Harlem River. This is a great thoroughfare, as it leads to many lleasant residences on Long Island, and the delightful roads in that \icinity. Prom this ferry may be obtained a fine view of Mill Rock in the East River, Hallett's Point, the village of Astoria, and other places of interest in the vicinity of a dangerous whirlpool, named by the Dutch Ifelle-gat (Hell-hole), now called Hell-gate. It is no longer dangerous to navigators, the sunken rocks which formed the whirlpool having been leniovcd in 1852, by submarine blasting, in which electricity was em-

Tic tilab bears 'lie fdlow injr inscriplii n : '■ Joa.nnah Rykdees, who was the mcst loving wife of Kavi 1 Provoost. It was lier will to be interred in lliis hill. Obitus 8 Xember, 1749, aged 43 years." "Sacrea to the memory of David Pkovcost, vho died Oct. 19th, 17S1, aged 90 yem-s."