The Hudson, from the wilderness to the sea . t vicinity. It reverted to the Dutch West India Company, when it wascalled .Status Eylandt, or the States Island. A considerable number of French Piotestants (Huguenots),who fled to America after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, settled on Staten Island. The Britishtroops took possession of the island in 1776, and held it imtil the autumn of 1783. 3 N 458 THE HUDSON. lying upon its crown, shaded with ohi Lombardy poplars. On the rightis Bedloes Island,* mostly occupied by Eort Wood, a heavy fortification,erected in 1841. Near it is Elliss Isla
The Hudson, from the wilderness to the sea . t vicinity. It reverted to the Dutch West India Company, when it wascalled .Status Eylandt, or the States Island. A considerable number of French Piotestants (Huguenots),who fled to America after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, settled on Staten Island. The Britishtroops took possession of the island in 1776, and held it imtil the autumn of 1783. 3 N 458 THE HUDSON. lying upon its crown, shaded with ohi Lombardy poplars. On the rightis Bedloes Island,* mostly occupied by Eort Wood, a heavy fortification,erected in 1841. Near it is Elliss Island, with a small military work,called Fort Gibson. This was formerly named Gibbet Island, it beino-then, as now, the place for the execution of pirates. These islandsbelong to the United States. The forts upon them were used as prisonsfor captured soldiers of the armies in rebellion during the Civil War. Before the voyager down the bay lies Staten Island, which, with thewestern end of Long Island, presents a great barrier to the ocean winds. THE NAEEOWS, FROM QUARANTINE. and waves, and affords a shelter to vessels in the harbour of New Yorkfrom the tempest outside. It is nearly oval-shaped, fourteen miles inlength, and eight in breadth. It was heavily wooded, and sparselysettled, when the British army occupied it, in the summer of , the hand of cultivation is everywhere visible. Its shores borderingon New York Bay arc dotted with lively villages, and all over the broadrange of hills that extend from the Narrows, across the island, are superb So named from Isaac Bedloe, the patentee under Governor Nicholson. THE HUDSON. 459 couQtiy-seats, and neat farmhouses. It is a favourite place of summerresidence for the wealthy and business men of New York—easy of access,and salubrious. These country-seats usually overlook the bay. Thetourist will find an excursion over this island a delightful one. On the northern extremity of Staten Island, the State of New Yorkestablished a qu
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