Wit bought; or, The life and adventures of Robert Merry (1844)
Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860 · New York, Wiley & Putnam · leaf 132
e concluded to take passage in her and goby the Hudson river to that city: this wasa little out of our way, but we did not mindthat. The captain of the vessel was aDutchman named Dyke : he was a short,stout, broad-shouldered man, and had a pipein his mouth nearly the whole time. MatQbnsted called… … side were hilly, and presented several smalltowns to our view. At length we noticed onthe western border a tall blue mountain, 110 WIT BOUGHT. which seemed to rise up like a vast thu uder-uloud: this, I was told, was called theKattskill. It consists of many peaks, withdeep ravines, and beautiful…
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