[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] Jonathan Danow, trustees."'^ The church, which was erected in 1839, is a very neat wooden structure. In the immediate neighborhood, lies Lake Magrigaries, (Hollow Lake, already alluded to,) which is a beautiful sheet of water, well stocked with fish. A rich and picturesque vale extends south from Crompond, backed by rolling hills. Upon one of the principal heights in this vicinity, called French hill, the French forces were en-camped in 1781-2, under Comte de Rochambeau. " The French army, at the lime the Marquis speaks of, (Nov. 17Si, says the translator of Chastellux,) had been for some time encamped at Crompont, near Cortlandt's manor, a few miles from that of General Washingion's, and between which there was a daily in-tercourse. The translator dined, in October, 1782, in General Washington's tent, with the Marquis de Laval, the Baron de Vio-menil, and several French officers, within hearing of the British guns, which were at that period happily become a bnttum ful-meny^ On the north-west side of French hill, are the two ponds styled by the Indians Keakatis. The largest of these, sometimes known by the name of the Great Pond, covers an area of 200 acres, and disciiarges its redundant waters into the smaller one of 100 acres. Both are supplied by numerous spriiigs, and have their outlet it Muscoola river. The site of an Indian village is still pointed out, on the borders of the Great Pond,