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some sections, and almost wanting in others. 



Mr. CoUin places tin- laku-sourcoH of tlio Ilud- 

 >..n Kivi-r in tin- lakelets known as Tear of 

 tin- Clouds, or Summit Water, and MOBS I'ool, 

 Mount Marcy, and -ho\\ > that tin- water- 

 shed of the Adirondack* ohietiy supplies the 

 canals and rivers ot' tin- Stale. 



There still remain small portions in all prob- 

 ability never trodden by man, but along tlio 

 st ivams and lakes navigable by canoe. The ac- 

 cessible port ions of this region are now famous 

 resorts tor camping and hunting parties in 

 slimmer, and a class of men termed guides has 

 arisen who obtnin 11 livelihood in their mingled 

 avocations of boatmen, huntsmen, li.-lu-nn.-n, 

 and cook-, tor tin- party they guide. With the 

 increase of travel has come an increase of 

 cost, and men who would once accompany a 

 party will no\v only guide for one person, ob- 

 taining from $2.50 to $3.00 a day, with board 



and expenses. The expense of carrying boats 

 overland by team at certain points (a few dol- 

 lars) must also be borne by the tourint. A 

 ( 'oinmi-Mon of State Parks, appointed by the 

 ..it nre, have reported in lavor of netting 

 apart as a State park from 600 to 8,000 square 

 miles of the l-i-.'li mountain-region of the Adi 

 rondarks, embracing Mount Marcy and all the 

 groat peaks; the chief objects being to pre- 

 - for their beneficial climatic- 

 .-ilert-. moderating the spring freshets in the 

 Hudson by sheltering the snow from the heat 

 of the sun, shielding the sources of this river 

 from evaporation, and affording a healthful 

 pleasure-ground for the people of the State. 

 The establishment of this park is beginning to 

 attract earnest attention from the leading men 

 of the State, not only on account of the pleas- 

 ure it may afford to the people, but also for 

 reasons of political economy. 



SCENE IN THE ADIROXDACK REGION. 



SAMUEL J. TILDEN, the present Governor of 

 New York, was horn in New Lebanon, Colum- 

 bia County, N. Y., in 1814, where his grand- 

 father, John Tilden, settled in 1790, and where 

 his father, Elam Tilden, was a farmer and mer- 

 chant. In 1837 young Tilden entered Yale 

 College, but did not graduate. He completed 

 his collegiate course at the University of New 

 York, and was subsequently admitted to the 

 bar. In 1846 he was a member of the Assem- 

 bly from New York; he was also a member 

 of the Constitutional Convention, and served 

 on the Committee on Canals and Finance. In 

 1860 he exerted himself to avert the civil war, 

 and during the war sustained the Administra- 

 tion. He became chairman of the Democratic 

 State Committee in 1866, and was a leading 

 member of the Constitutional Convention of 



1867, serving with distinction on the Finance 

 Committee. 



For several years past Mr. Tilden has been 

 nn indefatigable laborer in the cause of judi- 

 cial and political reform in the city of New 

 York. He was active in the organization of 

 the Bar Association of the city, which has for 

 its object the correction of judicial abuses. 



When the contest was waged against the city 

 officials who were charged with defrauding the 

 city treasury of many millions of dollars, Mr. 

 Tilden rendered invaluable services to the cause 

 of reform by his famous analysis of the accounts 

 of the Broalway Bank, showing conclusively 

 how the alleged culprits had shared their spoils, 

 and furnishing leiral prooMbr their conviction. 

 In 1872, Mr. Tilden was again elected to the 

 General Assembly, where he continued his ex- 



