The New England magazine . e interesting: and to accompany adrawing of the Narrows, or entrance to the Bay of New York, the most fitillustration is that part of the journal of the great navigator which relatesto his first view of them. The following extract describes the Narrows asthey were two hundred years ago: the drawing presents them as they are. At three of the clock in the afternoone, we came to three great we stood along to the northernmost, thinking to have gone into it, butwe found it to have a very shoald barre before it, for we had but ten footwater. Then we cast about to
The New England magazine . e interesting: and to accompany adrawing of the Narrows, or entrance to the Bay of New York, the most fitillustration is that part of the journal of the great navigator which relatesto his first view of them. The following extract describes the Narrows asthey were two hundred years ago: the drawing presents them as they are. At three of the clock in the afternoone, we came to three great we stood along to the northernmost, thinking to have gone into it, butwe found it to have a very shoald barre before it, for we had but ten footwater. Then we cast about to the southward, and found two fathoms,three fathoms, and three and a quarter, till we came to the souther side ofthem, then we had five or six fathoms, and anchored. So we sent in ourboat to sound, and they found no less water than foure, five, six, and sevenfathoms, and returned in an hour and a halfe. So we weighed and went in,and rode in five fathoms, ose groun and saw many salmons, and mullets,and rayes very great. 572. THE NARROWS AT STATEN ISLAND ALMOST any land looks beautiful after a long voyage; and it wouldnot be surprising if the Narrows, oftenest seen and described by thosewho have just come off the passage of the Atlantic, should have this reputa-tion. It does not require an eye long reprived of verdure, however, to relishthe bold shores, the bright green banks, the clustering woods, and tastefulvillas, which make up the charms of this lovely strait. Busier waters than the Narrows could scarcely be found; and it is dif-ficult to imagine, amid so much bustle and civilization, the scene that pre-sented itself to Hendrick Hudson, when the little Halve-Mane stole in on hervoyage of discovery two hundred years ago. Hoofden, or the Highlands, ashe then named the hills in this neighborhood, were covered with grass andwild flowers, and the air was filled with fragrance. Groups of friendly na-tives, clothed in elk skins, stood on the beach, singing, and offering himwelcome,
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