. The Catskill Mountains; . tream with fishermen, having ample water to shieldthe warv game. Near Arkville is an artificial cave with strangehieroglyphics rudely carved upon its inner walls, which attractsmany visitors. On leaving this station the train curves sharply toward theright at an obtuse angle, abandoning its southwesterly courseupon which it lately entered, and pursuing nearly the oppositedirection for several miles, Arkville being in the vortex of theangle. You are now entering a charming glade known as thevalley of the East Branch; a fine dairy section, with succulentgrasses, milk
. The Catskill Mountains; . tream with fishermen, having ample water to shieldthe warv game. Near Arkville is an artificial cave with strangehieroglyphics rudely carved upon its inner walls, which attractsmany visitors. On leaving this station the train curves sharply toward theright at an obtuse angle, abandoning its southwesterly courseupon which it lately entered, and pursuing nearly the oppositedirection for several miles, Arkville being in the vortex of theangle. You are now entering a charming glade known as thevalley of the East Branch; a fine dairy section, with succulentgrasses, milk cows, milk, milk cans and milk stations in fullsupply. The little stream loiters lazily and winds in and outwith wondrous beauty through the level vale, evidently ongrace and pleasure bent, for there seems no other reason foravoiding a straight course, unless it was to increase the charmsof the landscape and annoy the sturdy farmers who till themarginal meadows. To some the water may seem to run thewrong way, but it THE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. 69 KELLYS CORNERS is the first stop on this newcourse, it is mainly :i milk depot, having a dairy insight across the meadow. Some city boarders are enter-tained at the pleasant farm houses in the vicinity, and theythrive wondrously upon the rich and pure products of the dairyso abundant there. HALCOX 1 VILLE is the next wav stop amid thesequiet surroundings. It has several houses for summerentertainment in and about the hamlet, all of which findguests when the season comes around. A bit of a lake will beseen on the right as the train moves onward, where sundryaquatic sports are enjoyed. There are good roads for drivingand cycling leading up and down the vallev. OXBURY, that quaint and fa-miliar old town near the sourceof the East Branch, now overa hundred years old. is thenreached. The altitude is 1,495feet and the station is one ofthe important stops in theDelaware section. Many afamily vacation is quietly and delightfully spent ina
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