18 HUDSON. 



CHAPTER IV. 



Sail up the Hudson Red-Hook -Mr Henry Barclay s 

 estate System of farming followed there He now 

 intends to grant improving leases Advantage of his 

 locality Voyage up the Hudson continued Arrival 

 at Albany Mr Southam His farm His stock 

 Situation and population of Albany American hos 

 pitality Episcopal chapel Observance of Sabbath 



and religious duties Inspection of Mr Southam s 

 stock Mr Renton s stock Sheep Soil round Al 

 bany Kentucky farmers Their farming Disad 

 vantage of their distance from market Their pur 

 chase of stock Stock suitable for them. 



May 1841. 



FROM New York I enjoyed the great beauty 

 of the sail up the Hudson, 116 miles, to Red- 

 Hook. We passed what is styled the High 

 lands, a bold picturesque and rocky shore, 

 winding through mountains covered with wood, 

 and having beyond them a rich cultivated 

 country extending far into the interior. 



