. The Catskill Mountains .. . They come ! the nierr_\- summer months of beauty, song and flowers They come ! the gladsome months that bring thick leafiness to bowers. Up, up my,,heart! and walk abroad ; fling work and care aside ; Seek silent hills, and rest thyself where crystal waters glide ; Or, underneath the shadow vast of patriarchal tree. Seen through its leaves the cloudless sky is rapt ORIGIN OFTHE NAIVIE. THE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. 29 The precise origin of the name •Catskill, issomewhat obscure. Some writers aver that itwas derived from the catamounts which in-fested the r
. The Catskill Mountains .. . They come ! the nierr_\- summer months of beauty, song and flowers They come ! the gladsome months that bring thick leafiness to bowers. Up, up my,,heart! and walk abroad ; fling work and care aside ; Seek silent hills, and rest thyself where crystal waters glide ; Or, underneath the shadow vast of patriarchal tree. Seen through its leaves the cloudless sky is rapt ORIGIN OFTHE NAIVIE. THE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. 29 The precise origin of the name •Catskill, issomewhat obscure. Some writers aver that itwas derived from the catamounts which in-fested the region, and Irving was among those sponsors. Butthere is scant authority or reason for this assumption. Thename is found spelled in numerous ways in the ancient records,such as •■Kaatskill, Kaaterskill, •Katskiil, Cauterskill.■ Cautskill, etc. it is believed to have been first applied dur-ing the Dutch domination over two centuries ago. And if thisassumption is correct. Kaatskill or Kaaterskill, would seem tobe the proper orthography. The kill, being Dutch for chan-
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