The Hudson, from the wilderness to the sea . spires of Troy arealso seen, and in dim blue outline, in the extreme southern horizon,appear the higher spurs of the Katzbergs, or Catskill Mountains. Waterford is a very pleasant town, at the confluence of the Mohawkand Hudson rivers, and had then a little more than three thousandinhabitants. It stands upon the level bank of the Hudson. Most of itsstreets are fringed with the maple and elm, the favourite shade treesin the northern and eastern villages and cities of the United States. Itis a young town, compared with Lansingburgh, its still more ple
The Hudson, from the wilderness to the sea . spires of Troy arealso seen, and in dim blue outline, in the extreme southern horizon,appear the higher spurs of the Katzbergs, or Catskill Mountains. Waterford is a very pleasant town, at the confluence of the Mohawkand Hudson rivers, and had then a little more than three thousandinhabitants. It stands upon the level bank of the Hudson. Most of itsstreets are fringed with the maple and elm, the favourite shade treesin the northern and eastern villages and cities of the United States. Itis a young town, compared with Lansingburgh, its still more pleasant 108 THE HUDSON. nciglibour across tlie river, which was dignified with the title of NewCity as early as 1788, when its now stately rival, Troy, could not boastof half-a-dozen houses, and wa? known only as Yanderheyden, or AshleysFerry. It has outstripped that older town in population, and equals itin enterprise. Between them the current of the Hudson is strong, yetvessels laden with merchandise ascend to the wharves of each, with the. WATEKFORD AND LANSINGBUEGH BRIDGE. aid of small steam-tugs, which tow them from the draw of the greatbridge at Troy, two miles below. At AVaterford the ear catches the subdued roar of Cohoes Falls ^ in theMohawk river, three-fourths of a mile distant. That stream is the largesttributary of the Hudson. It flows eastward, with a rapid current mostof the way, from Oneida County, in the interior of the State of NewYork, through one of the richest agricultural regions in the world, forabout one hundred and thirty-five miles, and enters the Hudson in four * Cah-hoos, an Iroquois word, according to Brant, the gi-eat Mohawk chief, signifying a canoefalling. THE HUDSON. 109 channels, formed by three islands, named respectively, Van Hovers, VanSchaicks, or Cohoes, and Green or Tibbetts Islands. Van Schaicksalone, which is almost inaccessible at many points, because of its highrocky shores, has escaped the transforming hand of improvement. There,in the
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