220 A RIVER VIEW. 



the going out or the coming in of spring or summer. 

 According to the authority above referred to, that 

 part of our coast that flanks the mouth of the Hudson 

 is still sinking at the rate of a few inches per century, 

 so that in the twinkling of a hundred thousand years 

 or so the sea will completely submerge the city of 

 New York, the top of Trinity Church steeple alone 

 standing above the flood. We who live so far inland, 

 and sigh for the salt water, need only to have a little 

 patience, and we shall wake up some fine morning 

 and find the surf beating upon our door-steps.] 



