. Summer homes on Long Island. A brief description of New York and Brooklyn's nearest summer resorts .. . AN OLD WILL ON THE NORTH SIOE, drives as picturesque as areto be found in the Cats-kills or Adirondacks. Tofully appreciate this regionone must travel along thewoodland roads, and fromthe hills and high bluffsview the numerous bays,inlets and delightful vistasof blue waters. The visit-or need have no fear thathe will tire of a vacationor an entire Summer spenthere. An experience ofone season only whets theappetite for a return visitthe ne.\t year. Some of thehandsomest private resi-dences
. Summer homes on Long Island. A brief description of New York and Brooklyn's nearest summer resorts .. . AN OLD WILL ON THE NORTH SIOE, drives as picturesque as areto be found in the Cats-kills or Adirondacks. Tofully appreciate this regionone must travel along thewoodland roads, and fromthe hills and high bluffsview the numerous bays,inlets and delightful vistasof blue waters. The visit-or need have no fear thathe will tire of a vacationor an entire Summer spenthere. An experience ofone season only whets theappetite for a return visitthe ne.\t year. Some of thehandsomest private resi-dences in the country areto be found along theseroads, with their spacious lawns and broad fields of highly cultivated acres. Beyond Oyster ]!ay,and reached by trains on the Port Jefferson Branch, are the villages of Cold Spring Harbor, withits well-known hotels; Huntington, an interesting town that figured in Revolutionary times; Green-lawn, Northport, with its Bay of Naples; Kings Park, Smithtown, St. James, Stony Brook,. NEAR KOSLVN. Setauket and the famous old ship-building town of Port Jefferson. East of Port Jefferson areOldfield Point, Mount Sinai, Millers Place, Rocky Point, Middle Island and Wading River—theterminus of the Port Jefferson Branch of the railroad—all retired country settlements, wherevisitors can find many charming Summer homes. The scenery is beautiful, and sport with rodand gun always at hand. In this section are grown some of the finest productions of the soil thatare sent to New York, so that beside rest and contact with Nature in her richest garb, excellenttable fare may be relied upon. All the praises of the North Shore are realized at these resorts.
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