[Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)] confines of New York State. To the reader unfamiliar with the history of the New York and Connecticut boundary dispute, this zigzag line will appear to have been traced quite without reference to any sym-metrical division of territory, but for the accommodation of special objects in territorial adjustment. This is largely true, although the line, as finally drawn, was reduced as nearly to a simple construction as could be done consistently with the very difficult circumstances of the boundary dispute. On the north the limit fixed for the county at the time of its erec-tion was the point where the Highlands of the Hudson begin. Pur-suant to this provision the line between Westchester and Putnam Counties starts on the Hudson at Anthony's Nose and follows an east-erly course to the Connecticut boundary. The surface of the county consists of several ranges of hills, with valleys stretching between, in which are numerous streams and an abundance of lakes. None of the physical features of Westchester County (if we except its lovely prospect of the Hudson) are in any wise remarkable from tin1 viewpoint of the tourist in quest of natural wonders. On the other hand, its entire surface presents scenery of diversified beauty and interest, not the less gratifying to the contem-plative eye because unchangeably modest in its pretensions. The principal chain of hills is the one closely bordering the Hudson,