L'Hudson, dal deserto al mare . ce-posts wereknocked off per l'uso dell'artiglieria, e la statua di piombo di hisMajesty è stata fatta in proiettili per l'uso dell'esercito repubblicano. ** Histroops, detto uno scrittore del giorno, riferendosi al re, sarà fusa probablyhave maestà cotto a loro. Il piedistallo della statua, visto trovanella incisione, rimasto in Bowling Green qualche tempo dopo la guerra; ? Casse, opera d'arte era da Wilton, di Londra, e fu la prima statua equestre del suo Majestyever eretto. Wilton ha fatto una curiosa omissione-staffe erano che vogliono. È stata una osservazione comune oft

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The Hudson, from the wilderness to the sea . ce-posts wereknocked off for the use of the artillery, and the leaden statue of hisMajesty was made into bullets for the use of the republican army. ** Histroops, said a writer of the day, referring to the king, will probablyhave melted majesty fired at them. The pedestal of the statue, seen inthe engraving, remained in the Bowling Green some time after the war; ? Tills work of art was by Wilton, of London, and was the first equestrian statue of his Majestyever erected. Wilton made a curious omission—stirrups were wanting. It was a common remark ofthe Continental soldiers, that it was proper for the tyrant to ride a hard trotting horse withoutstirrups. THE HUDSON. 431 and the old iron railing, with its decapitated posts, is still there. Afountain of Croton water occupies the site of the statue; and thesurrounding disc of green sward, where the citizens amused themselveswith bowling, is now shaded by magnificent trees. Near the Bowling Green, across Broadway (No. 1), is the Kennedy. THE BOWLING GREEN IN 1861. House, where Washington and General .Lee, and afterwards Sir HenryClinton, Generals Robertson and Carleton, and other British officers, hadtheir head-quarters. It has been recently altered by an addition to its height.?• * This house -was built by Captain ledy, of the Royal Xavy, at about the time of his marriage with the daughter of Peter Schuyler, 0, 7 Jersey, in 1765. 432 THE HUDSON. The present Battery or park, looking out upon the bay of New York, ?was formed early in the present century; and a castle, pierced for heavyguns, vras erected near its western extremity. For many years, theBattery was the chief and fashionable promenade for the citizens in summerweather; and State Street, along its town border, was a very desirableplace of residence. The castle was dismantled, and became a place of

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