Near its banks was born Sarah Eapelje, the first child of European parents that drew its earliest breath within the limits of the State of New York.'''' Upon that aceldama of the old war for independence in the vicinity of the Hudson, is now a dockyard of the United States Government, which covers about forty-five acres of land. "Within the enclosure is a depository of curious things, brought home by officers and seamen of the navy, and is called the Naval Lyceum, It contains a fine geological

cabinet, and a library of several thousand volumes. Upon a gentle hill back of the Navy Yard is a United States Marine Hospital, seen in our sketch.

The southern portion of Brooklyn lies upon low ground, with an extensive water front. There, immense commercial works have been

* In April, 1623, thirty families, chiefly Walloons (French Protestants who had taken refuge in Holland), aiTived at Manhattan, in charge of the first Governor of Kew Netherland. Eight of these families went up the Hudson, and settled at Albany ; tlie remainder chose theu- place of abode across the channel of the East Kiver, upon lands now covered by a portion of the city of Brooklyn and the United States Navy Yai'd.

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constructed, known as the Atlantic Docks, covering forty acres, and aftbrding within the "slips" water of sufficient depth for vessels of largest size. There is an outside pier, three thousand feet in length, and on the wharves are extensive warehouses of granite. These wharves afford perfect security from depredators to vessels loading and unloading. A little below Brooklyn, and occupying a portion of the ground whereon the conflict between the British and American armies, known as the battle of Long Island, was fought, at the close of the summer of