| and winding their course
amoung the beautiful fields below towards the famous River Hudson, then we have the rolling hills some towering a thousand feet high over– looking the river and gradu- ally dying away in the blue ridges far in the distance, with the West Shore Rail Road twining around the foot of the hills by the waters edge. The water scenery is almost as varied as the landscape, in places we see Islands obstruct- ing the stream here and there a lighthouse towers above some treacherous reef. Some of the Islands are rugged with but a few shrubs to break the monotony, there are others that are beautifully fitted |
out for summer resorts. Hotels
and dancing pavilions being in abundance, occasionally a beautiful little bay will break in view from behind some steep cliff forming a natural shelter for the boats from the storms coming up the river from the sea. At this season of the year the boats are all made secure at their mooring and the river is partically frozen over the channel being kept open by the large steamers, occasionally we see iceboats on the frozen river, but at this early hour they are all moored. As we speed a’long on our journey we pass the famous St. Antoiny’s Nose, the Highlands, Palisades, and West Point Academy |
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