. Rip Van Winkle and The legend of Sleepy Hollow. ins, and, fromthe flowering vines which clamberabout it, and the wild flowerswhich abound in its neighborhood,is known by the name of the Gar-den Rock. Near the foot of it isa small lake, the haunt of the soli-tary bittern, with water-snakesbasking in the sun on the leavesof the pond-lilies which lie on thesurface. This place was held in 51 great awe by the Indians, inso-much that the boldest hunterwould not pursue his game withinits precincts. Once upon a time,however, a hunter, who had losthis way, penetrated to the GardenRock, where he behel
. Rip Van Winkle and The legend of Sleepy Hollow. ins, and, fromthe flowering vines which clamberabout it, and the wild flowerswhich abound in its neighborhood,is known by the name of the Gar-den Rock. Near the foot of it isa small lake, the haunt of the soli-tary bittern, with water-snakesbasking in the sun on the leavesof the pond-lilies which lie on thesurface. This place was held in 51 great awe by the Indians, inso-much that the boldest hunterwould not pursue his game withinits precincts. Once upon a time,however, a hunter, who had losthis way, penetrated to the GardenRock, where he beheld a numberof gourds placed in the crotches oftrees. One of these he seized andmade off with it, but in the hurryof his retreat he let it fall amongthe rocks, when a great streamgushed forth, which washed himaway and swept him down preci-pices, where he was dashed topieces, and the stream made itsway to the Hudson, and continuesto flow to the present day; beingthe identical stream known by thename of the Kaaterskill. 52 THE LEGEND OFSLEEPY HOLLOW. THE LEGEND OFSLEEPY HOLLOW FOUND AMONG THE PAPERS OF THE LATE DIEDRICH KNICKERBOCKER A pleasing land of drowsy head it was,Of dreams that wave before thehalf-shut eye,And of gay castles in the clouds thatpass,Foreverflushing round a of Indolence. In the bosom of one of thosespacious coves which indentthe eastern shore of the Hud- L 55 son, at that broad expansionof the river denominated by theancient Dutch navigators theTappan Zee, and where theyalways prudently shortenedsail, and implored the protec-tion of St. Nicholas when theycrossed, there lies a small mar-ket-town or rural port, whichby some is called Greensburgh,but which is more generallyand properly known .by thename of Tarry Town^j Thisname was given, we are told,in former days, by the goodhousewives of the adjacentcountry, from the inveteratepropensity of their husbands tolinger about the village tavernon market-days. Be that asit may, I do not vouch for the
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