. The Catskill Mountains; . nds of the Catskills proper. This drainagewhich sends the waters all the way around to the Mohawk, tocome back bv the Hudson, after a course of 17s miles, to withinten miles of their starting point, is certainly remarkable, andshows a very peculiar physical structure. ©~\^(^\^ ■you fellers from the country—>iiu keep away from town,]f you dont want to unsettle things and get us upside down;For you always leave a memory of tlie meadows and the streamsAn I straightway get to wishin and to fishin in my fellers from the country—when you strike me at my desk
. The Catskill Mountains; . nds of the Catskills proper. This drainagewhich sends the waters all the way around to the Mohawk, tocome back bv the Hudson, after a course of 17s miles, to withinten miles of their starting point, is certainly remarkable, andshows a very peculiar physical structure. ©~\^(^\^ ■you fellers from the country—>iiu keep away from town,]f you dont want to unsettle things and get us upside down;For you always leave a memory of tlie meadows and the streamsAn I straightway get to wishin and to fishin in my fellers from the country—when you strike me at my desk. The room begins to blossom an tlie street looks picturesque;And the roarin of the city, with its engines an its to melt into the music of the mountains and the fellers from the country-—you get so much of life— So little of its sorrows, of its tears and of its strife, That I want to get off with you and Just riot in your joy And wade in your cool branh<s, lik<- 1 usrtl to when a IN IHl- WOODS NFAR GRAND GORGH. THE MOUNTAINS. 2^ ORiriN OF ^^^ precise origin of the name Catskill, is somewiiat obscure. Some writers aver that itNAME ■ ■ ■ was derived from the catamounts which in-tested the region, and Irving was among those sponsors. Butthere is scant authoritv or reason for this assumption. Thename is found spelled in numerous ways in the ancient records,such as •■Kaatskills. Kaaterskill, •Katskill. , etc. It is believed to have been first applied dur-ing the Dutch domination over two centuries ago. And if thisassumption is correct. Kaatskill or Kaaterskill. would seem tobe the proper orthographv. The •kill. being Dutch for chan-
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