Jeremiah Peascod, Captain." The scenery of the Hudson has been so well described, and so justly eulogized, that I need say little on that score.

In short, no words can convey an adequate impression of the gorgeousness of the forest tints in North America during the autumn.

The foliage is inconceivably beautiful and varied, from the broad and brightly dark purple leaf of the maple, to the delicate and pale sere leaf of the poplar, all blending harmoniously with the deep green of their brethren in whom the vital sap still flows in full vigour.

I have heard people compare the Hudson and the Rhine.

I cannot conceive two streams more totally dissimilar--the distinctive features of one being wild forest scenery, glowing with ever-changing hues, and suggestive of a new world; and those of the other, the wild and craggy cliff capped with beetling fortresses, and banks fringed with picturesque villages and towns, all telling of feudal times and an old world.