The Hudson, from the wilderness to the sea . -sMr. Irving in liis admirable story of Wolferts Eoost, that it was smuggled over from Holland ina chum hy Femmetie Van Blarcom, wife of Goosen Garrett Van Blarcom, one of the flist settlers, andthat she took it up by night, unknown to her husband, from beside their fai-m-house near Rotterdam ;being sure she should find no water equal to it in the new country—and she was righti Y Y 346 THE HUDSON. channel was full of crystal water. The tender foliage was casting delicateshadows where, at this time, there is half twilight under the umbrageousbranches
The Hudson, from the wilderness to the sea . -sMr. Irving in liis admirable story of Wolferts Eoost, that it was smuggled over from Holland ina chum hy Femmetie Van Blarcom, wife of Goosen Garrett Van Blarcom, one of the flist settlers, andthat she took it up by night, unknown to her husband, from beside their fai-m-house near Rotterdam ;being sure she should find no water equal to it in the new country—and she was righti Y Y 346 THE HUDSON. channel was full of crystal water. The tender foliage was casting delicateshadows where, at this time, there is half twilight under the umbrageousbranches, and the trees are full of warblers. It is a charming spot, and is cV«.,. THE BKOOK AT SU>XYSIDE. consecrated by many memories of Irving and his friends who frequentedthis romantic little dell when the summer sun was at meridian. After sketching the brook at the cascades, I climbed its banks, crossed THE HUDSON. 34: the lane, and wandered along a shaded path by a gardeners cottage to ahollow in the hills, filled with water, in which a bevy of ducks weresporting. This pond, which Mr. Irving playfully called his Mediter-
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