. Harpers' New York and Erie rail-road guide book .. . s, New York city, a distance of 122miles. Beyond Cochecton the road rejoins the river, andfor some dozen miles follows the windings of its streamthrough scenery which, neither wild nor stupid, be-comes positively tiresome from its sameness and tame-ness. There are few traces of man in these tracts, andwhen the river is low a torpor seems to rest over the suc-cession of sleek, sloping points of its shores, that showsnothing but a solitary raft half aground, or a faint attemptat a smile from the ripple over the eel-dam. Not eventhe fact that
. Harpers' New York and Erie rail-road guide book .. . s, New York city, a distance of 122miles. Beyond Cochecton the road rejoins the river, andfor some dozen miles follows the windings of its streamthrough scenery which, neither wild nor stupid, be-comes positively tiresome from its sameness and tame-ness. There are few traces of man in these tracts, andwhen the river is low a torpor seems to rest over the suc-cession of sleek, sloping points of its shores, that showsnothing but a solitary raft half aground, or a faint attemptat a smile from the ripple over the eel-dam. Not eventhe fact that this was the scene of the stirring incidentsin Coopers Last of the Mohicans lights up the scenerywith interest, and we rejoice when, at the end of four NEW YORK AND EK1E RAIL-ROAD. 89 miles from Cochecton, we see the round slopes of themountains breaking up into rugged profiles, and a rock-cutting or two threatening to topple down upon us. Sixmiles beyond Cochecton we cross the Calicoon Creek bya wooden bridge, and reach the station of the same name. Calicoon (from New York 136 miles, from Dunkirk324 miles) stands in the heart of a wild, and, till lately,unknown country. Not many years since wild animalsroamed the forests along its creek, and a race of old hunt-ers dwells here, that still recount their adventures withthem and the Indians. Tanneries now abound in theneighborhood, and the leather and other freight in thestore-houses prove that, lonely as the station appears, itsbusiness is not slight. The Calicoon Creek is full of wildscenery, and is stocked with game and trout. Its name— Calicoon—has caused a war of opinion among the in-habitants on its banks. Some say it is the Indian wordfor turkey, a bird that once abounded here, and gavethe stream its name. Others insist that it is of Dutchorigin, and also means turkey. Our informant inclinesto the first theory, and bases his belief on the authorityof one Tom Quick, of whom he tells the following littlestory, illustrati
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