The Hudson, from the wilderness to the sea . heart I then perused, and limb by lin^hSurveyed, and sometimes went, and sometimes ran,With supple joints, as lively vigour led;But who I was, or where, or from what cause,Knew not; to apeak I tried, and fort Jncith spoke :My tongue obeyed, and readily could nameWhateer I saw. The situation of the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb is a delightfulone. The lot comprises thirty-seven acres of land, between the Kings-bridge Road and the river, about nine miles from the New York CityHall. The buildings, five in number, form a quadrangle
The Hudson, from the wilderness to the sea . heart I then perused, and limb by lin^hSurveyed, and sometimes went, and sometimes ran,With supple joints, as lively vigour led;But who I was, or where, or from what cause,Knew not; to apeak I tried, and fort Jncith spoke :My tongue obeyed, and readily could nameWhateer I saw. The situation of the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb is a delightfulone. The lot comprises thirty-seven acres of land, between the Kings-bridge Road and the river, about nine miles from the New York CityHall. The buildings, five in number, form a quadrangle of two hundred 382 THE HUDSON. and forty feet front, and more than three liundied feet in depth ; theyare upon a terrace one hundred and t-^^enty-seven feet ahove the river,and are surrounded by fine old trees, and shrubbery. The buildings arecapable of accommodating four hundi-ed and fifty pupils, with theirteachers and superintendents, and the necessary domestics. In the midst of a delightful grove of forest trees, a short distance below. AUDUBONS RESIDENCE. the Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb, is the dwelling of the lateJ. J. Audubon, the eminent naturalist, where some of his family stillreside. Only a few years ago it was as secluded as any rural scene fiftymiles from the city; now, other dwellings are in the grove, streets havebeen cut through it, the suburban village of Carmansville has covered the THE HUDSON. 383 adjacent eminence, and a station of the Hudson Eiver Railway is almostin front of the dwelling. Audubon was one of the most remarkable men of his age, and his workon the Birds of America forms one of the noblest monuments evermade in commemoration of true genius. In that great work, pictures ofbirds, the natural size, are given in four hundred and eighty-eight was completed in 1844, and at once commanded the highest admirationof scientific men. Baron Cuvier said of it,— It is the most gigantic andmost magnificent monument that has ever been erected to N
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