The Hudson . requently so styled and the East River almost boxes the compass as applied to Long Island Sound. Height of Hills and Mountains.—It is interesting to hearthe opinions of different people journeying up and down theHudson as to the height of Mountains along the river. ThePalisades are almost always under-estimated, probably on ac-count of their distance from the steamer. It is only when weconsider the size of a house at their base, or the mast of a sloopanchored against the shore, that we can fairly judge of theirmagnitude. Various Guide Books, put together in a day or amonth, by wri
The Hudson . requently so styled and the East River almost boxes the compass as applied to Long Island Sound. Height of Hills and Mountains.—It is interesting to hearthe opinions of different people journeying up and down theHudson as to the height of Mountains along the river. ThePalisades are almost always under-estimated, probably on ac-count of their distance from the steamer. It is only when weconsider the size of a house at their base, or the mast of a sloopanchored against the shore, that we can fairly judge of theirmagnitude. Various Guide Books, put together in a day or amonth, by writers who have made a single journey, or by personswho have never consulted an authority, have gone on multiplyingblunder upon blunder, but the United States Geological Survey,published during the past year, has at last given reliable infor-mation. According to their maps just issued the Palisades arefrom 300 to 500 feet in height, the Highlands from 785 to 1625,and the Catskills from 3000 to 3885 feet. KO o. THE HUDSON. 25 THE PALISADES. At Fort Lee 300 feet. Opposite Mt. St. Vincent 400 Opposite Hastings 500 THE HIGHLANDS. Sugar Loaf 785 feet. Dunderberg 865 Anthonys Nose 900 Storm King 1368 Old Cro Nest 1405 Bull Hill 1425 South Beacon 1625 THE CATSKILLS. North Mountain 3000 feet. Platterskill 3135 Outlook 3150 Stoppel Point 3426 Round Top 3470 High Peak 3660 Sugar Loaf 3782 Plateau 3855 Sources of tlie Hudson.—The Hudson rises in the Adiron-dacks, and is formed by two short branches: the northern branch(17 miles in length), has its source in Indian Pass, at the base ofMount Mclntyre; the eastern branch (20 miles in length), in alittle lake poetically called the Tear of the Clouds, 4,321 feetabove the sea under the summit of Tahawus, the noblestmountain of the Adirondacks, 5,344 feet in height. About thirty 26 THE HUDSON. miles below this junction it takes the waters of Boreas River,and in the southern part of Warren County, nine miles east ofLake George, the tribute of t
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