The Hudson, from the wilderness to the sea . AMIIONVS NOSE AM) THE SUGAE LOAF, FROM THE ICE DEIoT. Beverly House. At West Point and its vicinity it forms a long range ofmountains, but looking up from the neighbourhood of the Nose, it is aperfect pyramid in form. It is one of the first objects that attract theeye of the voyager, when turning the point of the Nose on entering theHighlands from below. Its form suggested to the practical minds of theDutch a Suijchr BroocU—Sugar Loaf—and so they named it. 266 THE HUDSON. We crossed the river from Lake Sinnipink to Anthonys Nose, throughthe point of
The Hudson, from the wilderness to the sea . AMIIONVS NOSE AM) THE SUGAE LOAF, FROM THE ICE DEIoT. Beverly House. At West Point and its vicinity it forms a long range ofmountains, but looking up from the neighbourhood of the Nose, it is aperfect pyramid in form. It is one of the first objects that attract theeye of the voyager, when turning the point of the Nose on entering theHighlands from below. Its form suggested to the practical minds of theDutch a Suijchr BroocU—Sugar Loaf—and so they named it. 266 THE HUDSON. We crossed the river from Lake Sinnipink to Anthonys Nose, throughthe point of -which the Hudson River Railway passes, in a tunnel overtwo hundred feet in length. This is a lofty rocky promontory, whosesummit is almost thirteen hundred feet above the river, and with thejutting point of the Donder Berg, a mile and a half below, gives theHudson there a double curve, and the appearance of an arm of the sea,terminating at the mountains. Such was the opinion of HendrickHudson, as he approached this point from below. T
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