The Hudson . pairs and separate only as they enterupon the runs. But here they have an ordeal to pass through,for they are subjected to a rapid inspection and the black sheepare separated from the flock ; every square with a trace of sedi-ment or earth-stain in it, whose texture is not perfect and un-clouded crystal, is rejected and sent hurling down into the abyss;a man with a sharp eye in his head and a sharp ice-hook in hishand picks out the impure and fragmentary ones as they comealong and sends them quickly overboard. Those that pass theexamination glide into the building along the gentle
The Hudson . pairs and separate only as they enterupon the runs. But here they have an ordeal to pass through,for they are subjected to a rapid inspection and the black sheepare separated from the flock ; every square with a trace of sedi-ment or earth-stain in it, whose texture is not perfect and un-clouded crystal, is rejected and sent hurling down into the abyss;a man with a sharp eye in his head and a sharp ice-hook in hishand picks out the impure and fragmentary ones as they comealong and sends them quickly overboard. Those that pass theexamination glide into the building along the gentle incline,and are switched off here and there upon branch runs, and dis-tributed to all parts of the immense interior. Passing west of the Hudson Flats we see North Bay, crossedby the New York Central Railroad. Kinderhook Creek meetsthe river about three miles north of Hudson, directly abovewhich is Stockport Station for Columbiaville. Four Mile Light-house is now seen on the opposite bank between the house of. ? . THE HUDSON. 229 John Burchill to the south and George Houghtaling to thenorth. Nutten Hook, or Coxsackie Station, is four miles aboveStockport. Opposite this point, and connected by a ferry, is thevillage of— Coxsackie (name derived from Kaak-aki, which is said tohave signified a place of geese). Two miles to the north Stuyve-sant Landing is seen on the east bank, the nearest station on theNew York Central & Hudson River Railroad, by carriage, toValatie and Kinderhook Village. The name Kinderhook issaid to have had its origin from a point on the Hudson prolificof children ; and as the children were always out of doors to seethe passing craft, it was known as Kinder-hook, or childrenspoint. Passing Bronks Island, due west of which emptiesCoxsackie Creek, we see Stuyvesant Light-house on our right,on our left the homes of James K. Bronk, Andrew Matthews,E. S. Colburn, J. C. Sherman, A. L. Wickes, T. E. Cornell, J. , or their successors in the ever-changing m
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