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NEW YORK ♦ « « * |l V ^1 ii « •— w---i4«^»m-^H»^»M«««— m^m«—»w«-—m^ w.*»m-»*«.^m<^^t««i«»«.^w*^w--»m—»H-.«^tW --»«*"— ■^w—-*<-—'m^»«««^m^ f 1 2 7 T5 O /V;*' Artotyf-e I'ui'Hshinf; ( , FLEMIflG, hCMILLEH t r»BNHIC« PfiESS. NEW rORK, THE THOUSAND ISLANDS, |N the lotli of January, 1702, a patent was issued to Alexander Macomb covering; lar<;e tracts of land bordering on the St. Laurence. It was intended that the application should also secure control of the Inlands in that part of the St. Lawrence on which this tract fronted. Hut there is no proof that the Islands were actually patented until after the determination of the l)oun(iar\- line (1.S22). On I'ebruary 15th, 1S23, a patent was issued to l^lisha Camj). includinL;- ail the I>lands in the State, between the head of Grindstone Island and Morristown. The Islands included in this patent were subse([uently di\ided up and sold either separately or in parcels, passinci; through the hands of successive owners down to about 1S45. At this time Mr. Azariah Walton became the possessor of a consid- erable portion of \\'ell> Island, together with most of the small islands between the head of Wells Island and Morristown. .At least as early as thi> the Thousai^d Islands began to gain a name, not only among lovers of the beautiful in nature, but especially among sportsmen, as a place for Summer recreation on the part of lovers of the rod and gun. About i.Sso, Mr. .Sedi Cireene, the fish culturist, bought the island now known as" Manhatt.in," and built a cottage upon it. As early as 1.S46 the Rev. George W. Hethune, afterwards of I)rot)klyn, began spending his Summers at /Mexandria Hay, and the figure of the sportsman parson is a prominent one iri all that pertains to the welfare of this region, and in bringing its rare beauties and pleasures to the knowledge of the public. Shortly after 1S50 Messrs. Cornwall and Walton, who had become owners of a large number of islands in the .American watei's, l)egan selling the small islands at a nominal price. They indulged the hope that the place might develop into one of the great .Summer resorts, and the islands were sold with the stipulation, that cottages should be erected within three }ears from the time of sale. The sales were not numerous, however, and the cottages erected were of a rude sort. In 1.S72 an incident occurred which more than anything else in recent times called mmmmm atti'ntinn to tiie Thousand Islands. Mr. Geori^e M. Pullman had, some years before, jiurchased an island nearly opposite Alexandria Hay, and had ereeted a spacious Init rude cottage. On a bri<;ht day towards the close of July, a little yacht — perhaps the only one then on that part of the ri\'er — was seen steaniinii; down the St. Lawrence. In the neii;hborhood of .\le\andria Hay there were unusual sii;-ns of festivity. .At Mr. Pullman's Island the steps were laid with carpet, the cottage and the Island front were gay with buntint;, and everything; inrlicated expectanc}-. The little yacht bore Cieneral (irant, witli his family and a party of friends, who at Mr. Pullman's invitation were to spend a week amony; the beauties of the Thousand Islands. The visit of the ['resident was heralded far and near. His daily movements, his trips amoni; the Islands, his fishing exploits, were eagerly chronicled and read; ami Alexandria Hav at once sprang into a prominence which it had not known before In 1S73 the large and handsome hotels at the Hay were opened, and a tide of tourists and pleasure-seekers began to ]>our in. At once there was an Increased demand for Island propcrtv, and the sales which began so liri>klv in 1S72 ha\e continued, until at present all of the better islands are owned and occupied, and onlv a few desirable points remain upon the mainland or on \\ el]> Island. Tens of thousands of people now spend their Summers among the Thousand Islands, cither in their own cottages or at hotels. The river from above Clayton to several miles below .\lexandria Hav is dotted '.\ith summer-houses, all of them prettv, manvof them expensi\e and elegant, comparing well in variety and beauty with those of any t)ther Summer resort in the country. THE CHARMS OF THE THOUSAND ISLANDS. Nature has done so much here to charm the eye that the art of man can add little or nothing to the scene. " Ci\ili/.ation, as it shows itself among the Thousand Islands, is not intrusive. It rather heightens than detracts from the tt)tal im])ression." In wild beauty, in grace and boldnes.s of outline, in form and color, in beauty near at hand or in distant i)rospects. in infinite variety, and iii the endless combinations of land and water \iews, it must be admitted that the Thousand Islands si;rpass an\- otluT spot on earth. Tiiant forces liavc been at work lieiv in the past, and the Titans in their sport liave hurled rocks and islands broadcast, leaving the blue lini|)id waters of the St. Lawrence to filter through as best they can. There ;u"e islands which in simple beauty \ie with thost' of Lake tieorije. There are beetlini:;- cliffs which ct)mpare with those of the Saguenas'. There are y;rotest|ue forms like the pictured rocks of Lake Su|)eri()r. Here the river swee])s aionj", a deep, broad, silent stream; here it spreads out into {(uiet lakes or bays; here it ruslies through a narr )W passat^e, whirlini;' and foamint^, impatient at restraint. 'There are cpiiet sliady nooks, wliere the sun at midday can scarcely find an entrance; there are sheltered '^pots which the rudest winds can scarce!)- visit. In the endless variety of river and rapid, of rock and t;reens'^ar(l, of towerini;' cliff and sand}' beach, of heatlland and bav, the .St. Lawrence, as it sweeps amont^ the Thousand islands, cannot be equaled. .\s the tourist moves alon<;' in the skiff or upon the steamer's deck, the view changes at almost every moment. New beauties ])resent themselves before the eve has been satisfied with those upon which it ahead) looks. A brief soiourn among the Thousand Islands can lead onlv to confusion or to a surfeit of loveliness; and one mav spend months or vears in this fa\ored s|M)t without exhausting its charms or knowing more than a mere fraction of it> endless beautv. The lovely rlowers which T'rontenac saw in 1673 — "as beautiful as can be seen" — still blossom in the crevices of the rocks and along the shore. Wild vines festoon the rocks and soften their roughness, while ferns and all manner of strange and lovely |)lants are found in the recesses of the Islands. The \ery rocks are carpeted with moss which in\ites the stud\- of the botanist. Indeed, the student mav find among the Thousand Islands a world e\en more strange and fascinating than the sportsman or mere pleasure-seeker. " It is there that you may find the Indian-pi])e ])lant. while the scarlet columbiries, the pink white water-lilies, the crimson baneberries and the snowv anemones, combine with the creepers, the ferns and the club mosses to make as beautiful and varied a carpet as I have e\er beheld." You do not care to fish? Come with me then to the Lake of the Isles, or to some bay in either the American or Canadian channel, where the water-lilv blooni> luxuriantlv, and let us gather a skiff half full nf these cpieenly I llo\vii>. ( )r arc \(>ii in iIk' mood lor iiulolciut and clrcaniii\i4? I.^t us ^o to >onu' (|uii't ishiMd and >))n,'adint; >ha\\l> and cusliions, or sim|)Iy makint;- a \wd of tlu ni()>>y rock or greensward, Ic' Us wall h the I'louds — the ships of the skv — or the u hite-w in_L,ed xcssels of the ri\er, as they t;'o raciiii;' past. l)oninsi( and sentiment inxite \()u.' The moonh'_L;ht is iiowliere so hrilhant. Ilere is the skiff aw.iitinsj; us, ?\m.\ with s^uitar or mandolin, or with the tinklini;; music of the banjo, let us tloat idly with the current and wake the echoes with soni;. Or perhaps the royal art of Isaac Walton ha-, charms h)r you. \'our oarsman is at the dock with his .St. Lawrence skiff — the best in the workl — cu>hione(l and carpeted, with ea>\chair>, with poles and lines in ortler. If any one can tempt the wil\- bass fron^. his hidini^-itlace, it is he. lie knows where thev resort; he understands their times and moods; and your reputation as a successful angler is safe in his hands. 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