[Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)] Llowance is made for the EN DUYVIL — considerably more, indeed, if scrupulou windings of the coast along the Sound. The Hudson River, completing its narrow and tortuous course through the Highlands at the northern boundary of Westchester County, runs thence to the sea in an almost due south direction. For a short distance below Anthony's Nose, however, it continues decid-edly narrow, until, at the very termination of this portion of its course, a place called Verplanck's Point, its banks approach quite close to-gether, being only one mile apart. Here was located the famous King's Ferry of the Revolution, an extremely important line of inter-PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE COUNTY 6 communication between the patriot forces of the East and the West; and on the opposite bank stood the fortress of Stony Point, the scene of Wayne's midnight exploit. Just below Verplanek's the river suddenly widens, forming the magnificent Haverstraw Bay. This, in NORTHWARD VIEW TO INDIAN HEAD (OPPOSITE YONKERS). its greatest expansion, attains a breadth of oyer four miles. Farther down the prominent peninsula, of Croton Point juts out from the Westchester shore a distance of a mile and a half. Next the river spreads out into another noble bay, called the Tappan Sea. which extends to near Dobbs Ferry, with an average breadth of three miles.