Die Hudson, von der Wüste zum Meer. Oint, an der Mitte des letzten Jahrhunderts. In ihren Streifzügen in der Wüste auf tliewestern Ufer des Lake Champlain, entdeckten sie einen schönen See, andnamed in Galanten Hommage an die Erinnerung an die Witwe des poetScarron, die, wie Madame de Maintenon, wurde die Königin von Ludwig XIV. von Frankreich. Der Name wurde später zum Fluss angewendet, die den Hudson. Moderne 51 oornipt Orthographie und Aussprache waren unbekannt vor thepresent Jahrhundert, zu Beginn des ersten Kom wurden die Siedlungen - menced in dieser Region. Angesichts der rechtlichen Dokument

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The Hudson, from the wilderness to the sea . oint, atthe middle of the last century. In their rambles in the wilderness on tliewestern shore of Lake Champlain, they discovered a beautiful lake, andnamed it in gallant homage to the memory of the widow of the poetScarron, who, as Madame de Maintenon, became the queen of Louis XIV.of France. The name was afterwards applied to the river, and the THE HUDSON. 51 modern oornipt orthography and pronunciation were unknown before thepresent century, at the beginning of which settlements were first com-menced in that region. In the face of legal documents, common speech, and maps, we may rightfully call it Scarron ; for the antiquity andrespectability of an error are not valid excuses for perpetuating it. From Eoots we rode down the valley to the pleasant little village onthe western shore of Scarron Lake. AYc turned aside to visit the beautifulParadox Lake, nestled among wooded hills a short distance from the river.It is separated from Scarron Lake by a low alluvial drift, and is so nearly. OLTLKT OF IAKADOX LAKE. on a level with the river into which it empties, that when torrents fromthe hills swell the waters of that stream, a current flows back intoParadox Lake, making its ow^let an inlet for the time. From this circum-stance it received its name. We rode far up its high southern shore toenjoy many fine views of the lake and its surroundings, and returning, lunched in the shadows of trees at a rustic bridge that spans its outlet afew rods below the lake. Scarron Lake is a beautiful sheet of water, ten miles in length, andabout a mile in average width. It is ninety miles north of Albany, andlies partly in Essex and partly in AVarrcn County. Its aspect is interest- 52 THE IIUD^OX. ing from every point of view. The gentle slopes on its western shore areAvell cultivated and tliiekly inhabited, the result of sixty years settlement, but on its eastern shore are precipitous and rugged hills, Avhich extend in?wild and picturesque suc

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