Zee (to be seen on the left), where the Hudson widens into a
lake-like expanse, 10 M. long and 3 to 4 M. wide. It is a favorite
cruising place for ghosts and goblins, according to popular legend.

[Illustration: "Sunnyside," Irving's Home After 1835

After a long sojourn abroad, Washington Irving returned in 1835 to
"Sunnyside" said to have been built originally in 1656. It was
considerably enlarged by Irving, who spent the remainder of his
life here. "Sunnyside" is now owned by Irving's descendants.]

There is, for example, Rambout van Dam, the roystering youth from
Spuyten Duyvil, who was doomed to journey on the river till
Judgment Day--all because he started to row home after midnight
from a Saturday night quilting frolic at Kakiat. "Often in the
still twilight the low sound of his oars is heard, though neither
he nor his boat is ever seen." Another phantom that haunts the
Tappan Zee is the "Storm Ship," a marvellous boat that fled past
the astonished burghers at New Amsterdam without stopping--a
flagrant violation of the customs regulation, which caused those
worthy officials to fire several ineffectual shots at her.

Across the river from Irvington is Piermont, and 2 M. to the southwest
of Piermont is the village of Tappan, where Maj. Andr['e] was executed Oct.
2, 1780. Lyndehurst, with its lofty tower, the home of Helen Gould
Sheppard, the philanthropist, a daughter of Jay Gould, is passed on the
right just before reaching Tarrytown.

24-1/2 M. TARRYTOWN, Pop. 5,807. (Train 51 passes 9:08a; No. 3, 9:27a;
No. 41, 1:41p; No. 25, 3:23p; No. 19, 6:13p. Eastbound: No. 6 passes
8:40a; No. 26, 9:00a; No. 16, 3:18p; No. 22, 4:43p.)

Situated on a sloping hill that rises to a considerable height above the
Tappan Zee, historic Tarrytown stands on the site of an Indian village,
Alipoonk (place of elms), burned by the Dutch in 1644. Irving explains
that the housewives of the countryside gave the town its name because
their husbands were inclined to linger at the village tavern, but
literal minded historians think it was more likely that the name came
from Tarwen dorp or Tarwetown, "wheat town." There were perhaps a dozen
Dutch families here in 1680 when Frederick Philipse acquired title to
Philipse Manor, several thousand acres, in what is now Westchester
county. Just above Tarrytown is the valley of the Pocantico creek, the
mouth of which is marked by the p