. Rides and rambles on Staten island . ndreds ofAmerican visitors ; but in this country of tnew things, is left solitary and alone in itsglory of crumbling walls, climbing ivy and rickety stairs. The Aspinwall towerstands on an eminence a hundred and fifty feet higher than the sea level ; theview from the lawn is superb, and from the top of the tower grand, grand in all thatword implies. The main tower is octagonal in shape and is three stories high, andhas on its eastern wall a smaller tower extending to an observatory twenty feethigher than the main building. In here is a winding stairs by w
. Rides and rambles on Staten island . ndreds ofAmerican visitors ; but in this country of tnew things, is left solitary and alone in itsglory of crumbling walls, climbing ivy and rickety stairs. The Aspinwall towerstands on an eminence a hundred and fifty feet higher than the sea level ; theview from the lawn is superb, and from the top of the tower grand, grand in all thatword implies. The main tower is octagonal in shape and is three stories high, andhas on its eastern wall a smaller tower extending to an observatory twenty feethigher than the main building. In here is a winding stairs by which the upper floorswere reached ; since the castle was burned, these stairs have been replaced by somerustic steps, which go up to the second story on the outside, and then inside to thetop where there are seats to rest after the climb. Some vines almost cover the southwall, to add to the picture—a picture quaintly pretty and worthy of an artists tower was used as an art gallery ; the pictures were hung on the octagonal. 14 EWES AND /.I VBLES walls and lighted from the skylight above; the upper room was for engravings, the lower floors tor paintings and statuary. The main honse and living r is Btood to tlic east of the tower; were burned many years ago during a dinner party. Net avestige f the house remains —only the ld tower is there, a relic of departed glory. A florists Bign on the streej Leading up from the station will show the way to thismost interesting spot on the Island. Enter by the stile over the wall and pass alongthe hedge to the greenhouses, and past them, up the hill to the tower. There are two ways to make this ramble and see it all : keep the train to Arrochar,walk up to the castle, then down to, and hack through tin- Frt, to Fort Wadsworthstation ; or get off at that station, ami walk along the parapets and past the tower toArrochar. It you tire by the way, there are places tor refreshment, places left as alegacy by the early 1 >utch settle
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