NEW YORK CITY (Manhattan). The city that has developed at the entrance o the Hudson, or North River, comprises 5 boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, 
 Bronx, Queens and Richmond Counties. Consolidated 1898. It is second only to London. Population 4,000,000; area, 307K square miles; greatest length, 
 35 miles; greatest width, 18% miles. Manhattan's sky-line at the beginning of the Hudson is shown above: the lower view being from the Battery to Rector Street. 
 
PEEKSKILL, on beautiful Peekskill Bay. Military Academy. Beecher s summer-home. Depews birthplace. National Guard Encampment north. 
 DUNDERBERG (Thunder Mountain), Kidd's Point. Manito Mountains on the east. The Indians thought these mountains were to veil the Spirit 
 Manito from mortals. Bear Hill beyond. Anthony's Nose opposite. Up the "Horse Race." Southern Gate of Highlands, loved by poets and painters. 
 
CRESCENT REACH. Old fishermen divide the river into 14 "reaches." Sugar Loaf, right centre; at its foot were Arnold's headquarters. 
 WEST POINT. First fort built in 1775. America's greatest Military Academy. Advocated by Washington. Organized in 1802. Has graduated many 
 noted officers. 52? cadets, mainly chosen by Senators and Congressmen. Over 160 buildings. Glorious site. Interesting exercises. Superb views. 
 
BATTLE MONUMENT, West Point. In honor of Civil War heroes. Sur- 
 mounted by Victory, with laurel-wreath and trumpet. General Cullum*s 
 memorial historical museum was erected at a cost of $250,000. Is interesting. 
 
 TARRYTOWN MONUMENT. Commemorates capture of Major John 
 Andre, the British spy, a brave soldier, taken at Tarrytown, in 1780. 
 Sleepy Hollow Cemetery here, the burial place of Washington Irving. 
 
NEVVBURGH, 59 miles from New York. View from Mount Beacon. Here Washington refused to be made king. Newburgh-Fishkill ferry much used by 
 Revolutionary troops. A thrifty city, oldest settlement in Orange County. State museum. Monument. The "Robert Fulton" building here, 1908. 
 MOUNT BEACON, whose sign al-fires were seen even in New Hampshire. MOUNT BEACON INCLINE, back of Fishkill. Steepest in the world. 
 
THE CATSKILLS, whose fascinations allure summer visitors. Grand scenery, bracing air. athletic pleasures, palatial hotels, cottage life. Landings 
 for over 1,000 hotels in the mountains. Cover 2,400 square miles. Some peaks r,ooo to 4,000 feet high, ten miles west of river. Evidences of glacial action. 
 KINGSTON. Pop. 25.000. Park and picnic-grounds. Ferry to Rhinecliff. OTIS RAILWAY. Catskills. To Otis Summit (Old M't'n House), 2.200 ft. high. 
 
POUGHKEEPSIE BRIDGE, finished 1899. Highest cantilever bridge in the world. Track 212 feet above water. 2' 2 miles long. Connects coal fields 
 with N. E. Cost over $5,000,000. University boat races here every year. In the old Court House the Colony of New York consented to become part of Am. Rep. 
 VASSAR COLLEGE, noted women's college, near Poughkeepsie. Inc.1861. OLD SENATE HOUSE, Kingston. Used by the N. Y. Senate up to 1777. 
 
"HENDRICK HUDSON." Million-dollar Da/ Line boat, between New York and Albany. Finest, costliest river steamboat. Capacity 5,000. Comfortably seated. 400 ft. long. 
 "CHARLES W. MORSE." Grandest night inland steamer afloat. People s Line, between New York and Albany. Search-lights reveal beauties of scenery. 
 There are various regular boat-lines on the Hudson River between local points and making many railroad connections to mountain, lake and river resorts.