. Wit bought, or, A New York boy's adventures when the empire state was young . is so wild and interesting that many peoplevisit it every year. Opposite to thesemountains is the city of Hudson. Westopped there about an hour. I found itquite a small place then, but now it has seventhousand inhabitants. Having taken on board three or four per- MOUNTAINS. Ill sons, with a quantity of butter, cheese, andother articles for New York, we departed andproceeded down the river. The scenery wasstill very beautiful. The river wound be-. tween tall mountains, which came down tothe Avaters edge, and seemed
. Wit bought, or, A New York boy's adventures when the empire state was young . is so wild and interesting that many peoplevisit it every year. Opposite to thesemountains is the city of Hudson. Westopped there about an hour. I found itquite a small place then, but now it has seventhousand inhabitants. Having taken on board three or four per- MOUNTAINS. Ill sons, with a quantity of butter, cheese, andother articles for New York, we departed andproceeded down the river. The scenery wasstill very beautiful. The river wound be-. tween tall mountains, which came down tothe Avaters edge, and seemed sometimes toencircle it, so as to make it appear like a as we proceeded, the vast mountainsseemed to recede, and open a passage for us. 112 WIT BOUGHT. Frequently we passed close to the shore, and1 could not but admire the wonderful beautyof the trees that clothed the sides of themountain. The next day we passed by a lofty cliff,called West Point, where old Fort Putnamis situated, and where there is now an aca-demy in which young men receive a militaryeducation. This was a famous place in therevolutionary war. Here was the scene ofBenedict Arnolds treachery. He was in-trusted with the command of this fort byWashington, who had great confidence inhim ; but Arnold was a bad man, and hesecretly agreed to give up the fort to theBritish, if they would pay him a large sum ofmoney, and give him a command in theirarmy. Major Andre, a British officer, cameup the river from New York^ and met Arnoldone night to arrange
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