cent._ The gray, castle-like structure in
front, was once the home of Edwin Forrest.
_Yonkers_, seventeen miles from Battery.
_Greystone_, on east bank, crowning hill, about one and a half miles
north of Yonkers. Once property of Samuel J. Tilden.
_Hastings_, pleasant village on east bank.
_Indian Head_ (510 feet), opposite Hastings, highest point of
Palisades.
_Dobb's Ferry_, on east bank, named after an old Swedish ferryman.
_Cottinet Place_, on east bank, built of stone brought from France.
Easily distinguished by light shade through trees.
_George L. Schuyler's Residence_, near east bank. The late Col. James
A. Hamilton's house almost east of Mr. Schuyler's. Stiner's place
distinguished by its large dome.
* * *
From this brow of rock
That overlooks the Hudson's western marge,
I gaze upon the long array of groves,
The piles and gulfs of verdure drinking in the grateful heat.
_William Cullen Bryant._
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_Ardsley_, on east bank, just above Dobb's Ferry.
_Ardsley Club_ and Golf Links.
_Irvington_, 24 miles from New York, named after Washington Irving.
_Piermont_, on west bank, with pier almost one mile in length
extending into river.
_Sunnyside_, home of Washington Irving, east bank, one-half mile north
of Irvington Station, close to river bank and scarcely seen through
the trees.
_Helen M. Gould's Residence_, east bank, prominent Abbey-like
structure, known as "Lyndehurst."
_Tarrytown_, east bank, 26 miles from New York.
_Nyack_, west bank, opposite Tarrytown.
_J. D. Rockefeller's New Home_ on Kykuit or Kake-out Mt. back of
Tarrytown.
_Tappan Zee_, reaching from Dobb's Ferry to Croton Point, is about
three miles wide at Tarrytown.
_Sleepy Hollow_, east bank, north of Tarrytown; burial place of
Washington Irving. The tall shaft visible from steamer, erected by the
Delavan family, is near his grave.
_Kingsland Point_, east bank, above lighthouse.
_Rockwood_, home of William Rockefeller. One of the most imposing
residences on the river.
_Mrs. Elliot F. Shepard's Residence_, on east bank.
_Ramapo Mountains_, on west side above Nyack, known as "Point No
Point."
_Ossining_, on east bank, six miles north of Tarrytown. Prison
buildings are near the river below the village.
_Rockland Lake_, opposite Sing Sing, between two hills; source of the
Hackensack River.
_Croton River_, on east bank, meets the Hudson one mile above Sing
Sing
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