The Hudson, from the wilderness to the sea . CHAPTEE HE Avinter was mild and constant. No special severitymarked its dealings, yet it made no deviations in thatrespect from the usual course of the season sufficient tomark it as an innovator. Its breath chilled the watersearly, and for several weeks the Hudson was bridgedwith strong ice, from the wilderness almost to the sea. Mean-while the whole country was covered with a thick mantle ofsnow. Skaters, ice-boats, and sleighs traversed the smoothsurface of the river with perfect safety, as far down as PeeksKill Bay, and the counties upon i
The Hudson, from the wilderness to the sea . CHAPTEE HE Avinter was mild and constant. No special severitymarked its dealings, yet it made no deviations in thatrespect from the usual course of the season sufficient tomark it as an innovator. Its breath chilled the watersearly, and for several weeks the Hudson was bridgedwith strong ice, from the wilderness almost to the sea. Mean-while the whole country was covered with a thick mantle ofsnow. Skaters, ice-boats, and sleighs traversed the smoothsurface of the river with perfect safety, as far down as PeeksKill Bay, and the counties upon its borders, separated by its flood insummer, were joined by the solid ice, that offered a medium for pleasantintercourse during the short and dreary days of winter. Valentines Day came—the day in England traditionally associatedwith the wooing of birds and lovers, and when the crocus and the daffodilproclaim the ajiproach of spring. But here the birds and the earlyflowers were unseen; the sceptre of the frost king was yet blue bird, the
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