The Hudson, from the wilderness to the sea . ver. Here we leave the Hudson proper, and after visiting some prominentplaces in the vicinity of the metropolis, will accompany the reader tothe sea. Adjacent to Manhattan Island, and separated from it by the narrowEast River, is Long Island, which stretches along the coast from Westto East, about one hundred and forty miles. It is rich in traditional,legendary, and historical reminiscences. Near its western extremity, and THE HUDSON. 453 opposite the city of New York, is the large and beautiful city of Brooklyn,*whose intimate social and business r
The Hudson, from the wilderness to the sea . ver. Here we leave the Hudson proper, and after visiting some prominentplaces in the vicinity of the metropolis, will accompany the reader tothe sea. Adjacent to Manhattan Island, and separated from it by the narrowEast River, is Long Island, which stretches along the coast from Westto East, about one hundred and forty miles. It is rich in traditional,legendary, and historical reminiscences. Near its western extremity, and THE HUDSON. 453 opposite the city of New York, is the large and beautiful city of Brooklyn,*whose intimate social and business relations with the metropolis, andconnection by numerous ferries, render it a sort of suburban town. Itsgrowth has been wonderful. Less than sixty years ago, it containedonly a ferry-house, a few scattered dwellings, and a church. Now itcomprises an area of 16,000 acres, with an exterior line of twenty-twomiles. Like New York, it has absorbed several villages. It was incor-porated a village in 1816, and a city in 1834. Its central portion is. JEESEY CITY AND CUNAED DOCK. iipon a range of irregular hills, fortified during the revolution. Thebluff on which Fort Stirling stood—now known as The Heights—iscovered with fine edifices, and affords extensive views of New York andits harbour. Williamsburgh, which had become quite a large city, wasannexed to Brooklyn in 1854. Between the two cities is NVallabout Bay,the scene of great suffering among the American prisoners, in Britishprison-ships, during the revolution. Eleven thousand men perished » From the Imtch Brcuck-lundt—broken land. 454 THE HUDSON. there, and their remains were buried in shallow graves on the its banks was born Sarah Eapelje, the first child of Europeanparents that drew its earliest breath within the limits of the State of NewYork.* Upon that aceldama of the old war for independence in thevicinity of the Hudson, is now a dockyard of the United States Govern-ment, which covers about forty-five acre
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