. Rides and rambles on Staten island . Al hundred feet below is the graniteLower fort, bristling with a hundred cannon. Aeross the Narrows arc Torts Lafayetteand Hamilton ; the former down on the waters edge, the other on the rising groundabove it. To the left and northeast, is Bay Ridge, and beyond, the great cities. Tothe right and southeast, Corny Island and Rookaway, and beyond, the boundlesssen. A little west of south the sands of Sandy Hook are discoverable, with High-lands of Jersey in the background In the middle foreground are the Quarantinestations, banished by the [slanders in 1858
. Rides and rambles on Staten island . Al hundred feet below is the graniteLower fort, bristling with a hundred cannon. Aeross the Narrows arc Torts Lafayetteand Hamilton ; the former down on the waters edge, the other on the rising groundabove it. To the left and northeast, is Bay Ridge, and beyond, the great cities. Tothe right and southeast, Corny Island and Rookaway, and beyond, the boundlesssen. A little west of south the sands of Sandy Hook are discoverable, with High-lands of Jersey in the background In the middle foreground are the Quarantinestations, banished by the [slanders in 1858 to Dix and Hoffmans islands. These parapets do not look as made tor war, butfor lovers uses. It is a veritable lovers walk. The gentle sloping requires walk, and there is time to say manypretty words before theend is reached; and the green grass is an inviting restingplace, where one may sit and watch the ships come and go, Bee them coming downthe bay, pass through the narrows and for miles out to sea, till their black bodies. OK STATEK ISLAKD. 13 drop out of sight, the tall masts slip from view and leave nothing bnt a little cloud ofsmoke on the eastern sky. Here is the best place on shore to see yacht races. Thenautical panorama on such an occasion, as seen from Fort Wadsworth, is a grandpicture. Opposite the Fort is the narrowest part of the Narrows. Here it was thatthe British, under Gen. Howe, crossed over to Long Island advancing on New York—and in winter, it is in history that solid ice has reached from shore to shore and menand teams passed over. The music from Fort Hamilton comes floating on the sum-mer air across the Narrows—this is how narrow the Narrows are, so one may enjoythe resorts over there and avoid the crowd ; aye, and one may see the Elephant onConey Island too, without going there. All incoming ships must stop in front of Fort Wadsworth. A little red flag on shore marks the line where they must slow up—a little tug steams out from under the bl
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