The Hudson, from the wilderness to the sea . lic west side ofthe Hudson, seen by the traveller on road, railway, or river, is a boldmountain shore, having a few cultivated slopes and pleasant villages asfar down as the lower extremity of Tappan Bay. From that point thereare presented, for about twenty miles southward, perpendicular walls ofrock, with bases in buttress form, called the Palisades, fronting imme-diately on, and rising several hundred feet above, the river. On the eastthe voyager sees a beautiful, high, undulating country, well cultivated,and sprinkled with villages and hamlets. 3
The Hudson, from the wilderness to the sea . lic west side ofthe Hudson, seen by the traveller on road, railway, or river, is a boldmountain shore, having a few cultivated slopes and pleasant villages asfar down as the lower extremity of Tappan Bay. From that point thereare presented, for about twenty miles southward, perpendicular walls ofrock, with bases in buttress form, called the Palisades, fronting imme-diately on, and rising several hundred feet above, the river. On the eastthe voyager sees a beautiful, high, undulating country, well cultivated,and sprinkled with villages and hamlets. 318 THE HUDSON. The drive from Sing Sing to Kings Bridge at Spuyten Duyvil Creek,along the old post-road, is attractive at all seasons of the yeai, but moreespecially in spring and early summer, when the trees are in leaf, becauseof the ever-varying aspects of the landscape. Fine mansions and villaresidences are seen on every side, where, only a few years ago, good tasteAvas continually offended by uncouth farmhouses, built for utility GENERAL WARDS MA>S1U>. without a single thought of harmony or beauty. jSow all is changed,and the eye is as continually pleased. One of the finest of the older country seats in this region was themansion of General Aaron Ward, overlooking the village of Sing Sing,and commanding a very extensive view of the Hudson and its distantshores. General Ward is one of the most distinguished men in Westchester County, and is descended from an early settler in that region. He wasan officer in the American army during the war with Great Britain in1812—15, and at its close conducted the first detachment of the Britishprisoners from the States to Canada. Law was his chosen profession,and in 1825 he became a law-maker, by election to the Lower House ofthe National Congress. He was an active and efficient worker, and thesatisfaction of his constituency was certified by their retaining him astheir representative, by re-election, twelve out of eightee
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